2024
No effect of infant nursery rearing on laboratory rhesus monkey dams’ social behavior or long-term cortisol profiles
Dettmer A, Slonecker E, Clouse S, Ozturkoglu Y, Meyer J. No effect of infant nursery rearing on laboratory rhesus monkey dams’ social behavior or long-term cortisol profiles. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2024, 280: 106428. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2024.106428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMother-peer-rearedSocial behaviorNursery rearingHair cortisol concentrationsLong-term longitudinal studiesNR infantsCortisol concentrationsMother-infant separationMonkey mothersEndocrine measuresCortisol profilesEnvironmental explorationInfant monkeysLongitudinal studySocial contactSocial groomingAbnormal behaviorSelf-careStudy periodHormonal responsesAdequate evidenceRearingNo effectLack of evidenceInfants
2013
Stress, the HPA axis, and nonhuman primate well-being: A review
Novak MA, Hamel AF, Kelly BJ, Dettmer AM, Meyer JS. Stress, the HPA axis, and nonhuman primate well-being: A review. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 2013, 143: 135-149. PMID: 23459687, PMCID: PMC3580872, DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.10.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBaseline cortisol levelsCortisol levelsNonhuman primatesWild-living primatesHuman clinical studiesHigher cortisol levelsAltered set pointHPA axisAdrenocortical axisClinical studiesHPA systemBlood samplingCortisol concentrationsBehavioral pathologySuch monkeysNeuropsychiatric disordersStress response systemAllostatic shiftAbnormal behaviorSpontaneous developmentIndices of stressStressful eventsCortisolEarly experienceEnvironmental enrichment