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Aging and physical mobility in group-housed Old World monkeys
While indices of physical mobility such as gait speed are significant predictors of future morbidity/mortality in the elderly, mechanisms of these relationships are not understood. Relevant animal models of ag...
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Effects of chronic moderate alcohol consumption and novel environment on heart rate variability in primates (Macaca fascicularis)
The effects of chronic moderate alcohol consumption on cardiac function are not understood. Acute stress may affect cardiac function by shifting autonomic cardiac regulation in favor of the sympathetic nervous...
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Actimetry Measurement of Behavioral Regulation and Sleep Cycles in Infant Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Activity patterning and circadian cycles have proven to be important measures for clinical and translation research. For example, circadian disruption and activity levels that deviate significantly from either...
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Serotonin in cisternal cerebrospinal fluid of rhesus monkeys: basal levels and effects of sertraline administration
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Investigatory behavior with novel, inanimate objects by two groups of four juvenile greater bushbabies (Otolemur garnettii) was examined in the laboratory. Substantial investigatory behavior was shown by all subj...
