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Habel, U., Schneider, F. (2007). Amygdala, Functional Imaging. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_190

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