THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION/DOMINANCE IN YOUNG RHESUS MACAQUES

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。行为抑制是焦虑的一个组成部分，是人类的一个重要特征。然而，相对较少的研究调查了这一特征与社会/环境因素之间的关系。在这项研究中，我们研究了生活在半自然环境中的幼龄（大约3-4个月大）恒河猴的行为抑制/焦虑与优势地位之间的关系。每天观察并对表明支配地位的行为进行评分，包括公开的攻击，威胁行为，转移和附属行为，如梳理。由于支配地位是由母亲传给婴儿的，婴儿的支配地位是通过母亲的支配地位来估计的。我们评估婴儿的行为抑制作为另一个项目的一部分（猕猴焦虑/抑郁行为的遗传学）。我们目前正在将这些优势数据与行为数据相关联，以确定优势是否与行为特征相关。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Behavioral inhibition, a component of anxiety, is an important trait in humans. However, relatively few studies have examined how this trait relates to social/environmental factors. In this study, we examine the relationship between behavioral inhibition/anxiety and dominance status in young (approximately 3-4 months of age) rhesus macaques living in a semi-natural environment. Daily observations are taken and scored for behaviors indicative of dominance, including overt aggression, threat behavior, displacement and affiliative behavior such as grooming. Since dominance is passed down from a mother to her infants, the dominance status of the infants is estimated by the dominance status of their mothers. We assess behavioral inhibition in the infants as part of a different project (Genetics of Anxious/Depressive Behaviors in Macaques). We are currently correlating these dominance data and behavioral data to determine whether dominance is correlated with behavioral traits.