BEHAVIOR, HORMONES & IMMUNOLOGY OF SOCIAL INSTABILITY IN JUVENILE MONKEYS

这项研究是已开始的长期研究的第二阶段 1993年。在第一阶段，动物没有表现出长期的 免疫或荷尔蒙缺陷，但确实表现出行为 适应不稳定的社会环境。这项研究是 对另外16只幼年恒河猴进行重复实验。为了这个 研究，一个短期的环境干扰被引入了3次 生理样本的预定出血之前(9次出血中的3次 样本)。采样于1996年10月完成，并对 儿茶酚胺和免疫措施于1996年12月完成。 皮质醇和行为数据正在进行分析。

This study represents the second phase of a long-term study begun in 1993. In the first phase, animals did not show long-term immunological or hormonal deficits, but did show behavioral adjustments to an unstable social environment. This study was repeated with an additional 16 juvenile rhesus monkeys. For this study, a short-term environmental disturbance was introduced 3 times prior to scheduled bleeding for physiological samples (3 of 9 bleeding samples). Sampling was completed in October, 1996, and assays for catecholamines and immune measures were completed in December, 1996. Cortisol and behavioral data are in the process of being analyzed.