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    Social Status and the Non-human Primate Brain

    Social status hierarchies are a central facet of life for numerous species. Much is known about the effects of social rank on the behavior and physiology of these species, yet the neurobiological effects have ...

    Stephanie L. Willard in Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates (2016)

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    Dietary Modification of Physiological Responses to Chronic Psychosocial Stress: Implications for the Obesity Epidemic

    The scientific community has been working feverishly on the problem of obesity, particularly since the Surgeon’s General’s 2001 call to action to prevent and decrease obesity.

    Carol A. Shively, Anna Fimmel, Sara Jones in Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman … (2016)

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    Social Stress and Cardiovascular Disease in Primates

    Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries (CAA) and its complications are the ­principal pathological processes that result in coronary heart disease (CHD). Cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) are a well-char...

    Carol A. Shively in Stress and Cardiovascular Disease (2012)