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Letter
Nature Genetics 25, 284–288 (1 July 2000) | doi:10.1038/77040
Social amnesia in mice lacking the oxytocin gene
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Abstract
The development of social familiarity in rodents depends predominantly on olfactory cues and can critically influence reproductive success. Researchers have operationally defined this memory by a reliable decrease in olfactory investigation in repeated or prolonged encounters with a conspecific.
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