THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION/DOMINANCE IN YOUNG RHESUS MACAQUES

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 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，相对较少的研究考察了这种特征与社会/环境因素的关系。在这项研究中，我们研究了生活在半自然环境中的幼年(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。每天都会进行观察，并对表明优势的行为进行评分，包括公开的攻击性、威胁行为、移位和附属行为，如梳理。因为支配权是从母亲传给她的婴儿的，所以婴儿的支配权地位是通过他们母亲的支配权地位来估计的。作为另一个项目(猕猴焦虑/抑郁行为的遗传学)的一部分，我们评估了婴儿的行为抑制。我们目前正在将这些优势数据和行为数据关联起来，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.