THE CORRELATION BETWEEN BEHAVIORAL INHIBITION/DOMINANCE IN YOUNG RHESUS MACAQUES

这个子项目是许多利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 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，相对较少的研究探讨了这种特质与社会/环境因素的关系。在这项研究中，我们研究了行为抑制/焦虑和优势地位之间的关系，在年轻的（约3-4个月的年龄）恒河猴生活在半自然的环境。每天观察并对指示支配地位的行为进行评分，包括公开的攻击、威胁行为、位移和亲和行为，如梳理。由于支配地位是从母亲传给婴儿的，婴儿的支配地位是根据其母亲的支配地位来估计的。 我们评估婴儿的行为抑制作为不同项目的一部分（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和行为数据相关联，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.