Abstract:
:113 rhesus monkeys, representing 4 age classes, 3 matrilines, and immigrant adult males in a 161-member Cayo Santiago-derived troop living in a 2-acre enclosure, were sampled for levels of plasma ACTH and cortisol during a period of capture and brief cage confinement for routine veterinary examination. ACTH levels showed significant decreases over initially high values following capture in all subjects except infants, whereas cortisol levels remained elevated throughout the sampling period. Members of the lowest-ranking matriline had significantly higher ACTH levels than members of the other matrilines and immigrant males. Infants and juveniles exhibited higher cortisol levels than adolescent and adult monkeys. The overall pattern of results was generally consistent with previous findings from laboratory studies, providing not only evidence of generality across conditions and subject populations but also the basis for more detailed subsequent analyses of the relationship between pituitary-adrenocortical responsiveness, behavioral response to challenge, and age-sex-dominance status in wild-born rhesus monkeys.
journal_name
P R Health Sci Jjournal_title
Puerto Rico health sciences journalauthors
Suomi SJ,Scanlan JM,Rasmussen KL,Davidson M,Boinski S,Higley JD,Marriott Bsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-04-01 00:00:00pages
171-6issue
1eissn
0738-0658issn
2373-6011journal_volume
8pub_type
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1997-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2004-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
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doi:
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:2004-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
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更新日期:1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
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doi:
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Puerto Rico health sciences journal
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更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00