SUPPORT OF YERKES REGIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER

耶基斯地区灵长类动物研究中心是伍德拉夫的一个部门， 埃默里大学医学中心。 Yerkes的主要支持来自 美国国立卫生研究院研究资源部动物资源分支， 来自联邦和私人基金的研究赠款和合同。 该中心是 致力于生物医学和行为灵长类动物研究。 研究项目 包括类人猿和几种猴子， NIH为该中心确定的三项任务。 (1)神经和行为 研究包括神经解剖学，神经生理学，神经化学， 神经内分泌学、神经行为学和社会行为学。 (2)实验 病理学和免疫学，重点是肿瘤性疾病，和（3） 生殖生物学，包括生育和不育的研究。 中心 由一个包含动物区和研究实验室的主站组成 位于埃默里大学校园和115英亩的实地研究站， 亚特兰大以北35英里的社会行为研究。

The Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center is a division of the Woodruff Medical Center of Emory University. Yerkes receives its primary support from Animal Resources Branch of Division of Research Resources, NIH, and also from research grants and contracts from federal and private funds. The Center is committed to biomedical and behavioral primate research. Research programs involving great apes and several monkey species are directed primarily toward three missions identified for the Center by NIH. (1) Neural and behavioral research including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, neurobehavior and social behavior. (2) Experimental pathology and immunology with emphasis on neoplastic diseases, and (3) Reproductive biology, including studies of fertility and sterility. The Center consists of a main station containing animal quarters and research laboratories located on the Emory University campus and a 115 acre field research station for studies of social behavior 35 miles north of Atlanta.