2016
Associations between early life experience, chronic HPA axis activity, and adult social rank in rhesus monkeys
Dettmer AM, Wooddell LJ, Rosenberg KL, Kaburu SS, Novak MA, Meyer JS, Suomi SJ. Associations between early life experience, chronic HPA axis activity, and adult social rank in rhesus monkeys. Social Neuroscience 2016, 12: 92-101. PMID: 27063359, PMCID: PMC6528805, DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2016.1176952.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic HPA axis activityHair cortisol concentrationsHPA axis activityHealth outcomesEarly life experiencesAxis activityAxis regulationRhesus monkeysNeuroendocrine stress regulationSocioeconomic statusHPA axis regulationAdrenal axis regulationAdverse health outcomesFemale rhesus monkeysEarly life adversityRisk factorsAdult social statusNR monkeysCortisol concentrationsLife adversityMonkeysOutcomesEarly experienceMonthsLife experiences
2009
Hair cortisol predicts object permanence performance in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Dettmer AM, Novak MF, Novak MA, Meyer JS, Suomi SJ. Hair cortisol predicts object permanence performance in infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Developmental Psychobiology 2009, 51: 706-713. PMID: 19771550, PMCID: PMC2797997, DOI: 10.1002/dev.20405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive performanceNR infantsObject permanence taskEarly cognitive performanceObject permanence performanceHair cortisolAdrenal axis functioningHair cortisol valuesEmotional responsesInfant macaque monkeysInfant rhesus macaquesScreen tasksTest sessionsAxis functioningHair cortisol concentrationsCortisol measuresInfant rhesus monkeysHigher hair cortisolTaskMacaque monkeysNR monkeysAcute measuresReliable predictorMeasuresLevels of glucocorticoids