EFFECTS OF STRESSFUL EVENTS IN SINGLY- VS PAIR-HOUSED ADULT MALE 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。 背景和目的：为圈养的非人类灵长类动物提供社会住房已被证明可以减少异常行为的频率，增加物种典型行为。此外，杜兰国家灵长类动物研究中心之前对植入遥测设备的雄性恒河猴进行的研究表明，生理参数与成功的社交介绍的行为参数相对应。这项正在进行的研究的目的是通过生理和行为手段测量社会住房对压力事件的缓冲作用，以检验社会引入的长期影响。方法：首先在猴子体内植入遥测装置。它们最初是单独饲养的，在这个阶段，行为和生理数据都是在30分钟的焦点动物样本中收集的。在此期间，作为猴子日常生活一部分发生的潜在应激事件会被记录下来，并记录下生理和行为参数。然后猴子被配对，一旦它们成了固定的社会配对，如上所述的数据收集就会重复。结果：本研究共入选8只木霉。已经收集了所有受试者的行为和心理数据，目前正在进行分析。结论：根据这项研究的结果，我们将确定在应激事件中的社交缓冲是否可以被视为对社会安置的实验室非人类灵长类动物的福祉的额外好处。这在研究中很重要，因为生理和行为参数都会影响研究期间的数据结果。

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. Background and aims: Social housing for captive nonhuman primates has been shown to reduce the frequency of abnormal behavior and to increase species-typical behavior. In addition, previous research at the Tulane National Primate Research Center using male rhesus macaques implanted with telemetry devices has shown that physiological parameters correspond to the behavioral parameters of successful social introductions. The purpose of this ongoing study is to examine the long-term effects of social introduction by measuring, via physiological and behavioral means, the potential of social housing to act as a buffer to stressful events. Methods: The monkeys are first implanted with telemetry devices. They are initially housed singly, and during this phase, both behavioral and physiological data are collected during 30-minute focal animal samples. During this time, potentially stressful events that occur as part of the monkeys' daily routine are documented with physiological and behavioral parameters. The monkeys are then paired, and once they are in settled social pairs, the data collection as described above is repeated. Results: Eight M. mulatta were enrolled on the study. Behavioral and psychological data have been collected on all subjects and are currently being analyzed. Conclusion: With the results of this study, we will determine whether social buffering during stressful events can be considered an additional benefit to the well-being of socially-housed laboratory nonhuman primates. This is important in research because both physiological and behavioral parameters can affect the outcome of data during a study.