DEFENSIVE BEHAVIORS IN INFANT RHESUS-MONKEYS - ENVIRONMENTAL CUES AND NEUROCHEMICAL REGULATION
DEFENSIVE BEHAVIORS IN INFANT RHESUS-MONKEYS - ENVIRONMENTAL CUES AND NEUROCHEMICAL REGULATION
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DOI：
10.1126/science.2564702
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发表时间：
1989-03-31
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
SHELTON, SE
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作者：
KALIN, NH;SHELTON, SE
为了生存，灵长类动物必须及时发现危险，激活适当的防御行为。在这项研究中，婴儿恒河猴暴露于人类的防御行为的特点。据观察，人类注视的方向对婴儿来说是一个有力的暗示。与母亲分离的婴儿活跃，并发出频繁的痛苦叫声。当一个人类进入房间，却没有看婴儿时，它就变得沉默，僵在一个位置。如果人类盯着婴儿看，它会用攻击性的吠叫来回应。阿片系统的改变影响了婴儿的求救电话的频率，而不影响吠叫和冻结，而苯二氮卓类药物管理选择性地减少吠叫和冻结。这表明阿片类和苯二氮卓类系统调节灵长类动物的特定防御行为，这些系统共同调节对生存至关重要的行为反应。
To survive, primates must detect danger in time to activate appropriate defensive behaviors. In this study, the defensive behaviors of infant rhesus monkeys exposed to humans were characterized. It was observed that the direction of the human''s gaze is a potent cue for the infant. Infants separated from their mothers were active and emitted frequent distress vocalizations. When a human entered the room but did not look at the infant, it became silent and froze in one position. If the human stared at the infant, it responded with aggressive barking. Alterations of the opiate system affected the frequency of the infant''s distress calls without affecting barking and freezing, whereas benzodiazepine administration selectively reduced barking and freezing. This suggests that opiate and benzodiazepine systems regulate specific defensive behaviors in primates and that these systems work together to mediate behavioral responses important for survival.