Hypercortisolism associated with social subordinance or social isolation among wild baboons

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1137-1143

  Sapolsky, Robert M ^a,b   Alberts, Susan C ^b,c   Altmann, Jeanne ^b,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Chicago Zoological Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABOON; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0030834399     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1997.01830240097014     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Munck A, Guyre P, Holbrook N. Physiological functions of glucocorticoids during stress and their relation to pharmacological actions. Endocr Rev. 1984;5:25-51.
2. Dallman M, Akana S, Gascio C, Darlington D, Jacobson L, Levin N. Regulation of ACTH secretion; variations on a theme of B. Recent Prog Horm Res. 1987;43:113-141.
3. American Psychiatric Association Taskforce on Laboratory Tests in Psychiatry. The dexamethasone suppression test: an overview of its current status in psychiatry. Am J Psychiatry. 1987;144:1253-1278.
4. Newman M, Halmi K. The endocrinology of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1988;17:195-212.
5. Greenwald B, Mathe A, Mohs R, Levy M, Johns C, Davis K. Cortisol in Alzneimer's disease, II: dexamethasone suppression, dementia severity and affective symptoms. Am J Psychiatry. 1986;143:442-450.
6. Hatzinger M, Z'Brun A, Hemmeter U, Seifritz E, Baumann F, Holsboer-Trachsler E, Heuser I. HPA system function in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 1995;16:205. Abstract.
7. Krishnan K, Heyman A, Ritchie J, Utley C, Dawdon D, Rogers H. Depression in early onset Alzheimer's disease: clinical and neuroendocrine correlates. Biol Psychiatry. 1988;24:937-942.
8. Sapolsky R. The adrenocortical axis. In: Schneider E, Rowe J. Handbook of the Biology of Aging. 3rd edition. New York, NY: Academic Press Inc; 1990:330-348.
9. Lupien S, Lecours A, Lussier I, Schwartz G, Nair N, Meaney M. Basal cortisol levels and cognitive deficits in human aging. J Neurosci. 1994:14:2893-2903.
10. Seeman T, Berkman L, Blazer D, Rowe J. Social ties and support and neuroendocrine function: the MacArthur studies of successful aging. Ann Behav Med. 1994;16:95-106.
11. Wolff C, Friedman S, Hofer M, Mason J. Relationship between psychological defenses and mean urinary 17-hydroxycorticosteroid excretion rates. Psychosom Med. 1964;26:576-588.
12. Brown L, Tomarken A, Orth D, Loosen P. Individual differences in repressive-defensiveness predict basal salivary cortisol levels. J Pers Social Psychol. 1996;70:362-369.
13. Baumgartner A, Graf K, Kurten I. The dexamethasone suppression test in depression, schizophrenia and during experimental stress. Biol Psychiatry. 1985;20:675-682.
14. Ceulemans D, Westenberg H, van Praag H. The effect of stress on the dexamethasone suppression test. Psychiatry Res. 1985;14:189-197.
15. Reincke M, Allolio B, Wurth G, Winkelmann W. The HPA axis in critical illness: response to dexamethasone and CRH. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1993;77:151-158.
16. Sapolsky R. The endocrine stress-response and social status in the wild baboon. Horm Behav. 1982;15:279-284.
17. Sapolsky R. Individual differences in cortisol secretory patterns in the wild baboon: role of negative feedback sensitivity. Endocrinology. 1983;113:2263-2269
18. Sapolsky R, Ray J. Styles of dominance and their endocrine correlates among wild olive baboons (Papio anubis). Am J Primatol. 1989;18:1-13.
19. Ray J, Sapolsky R. Styles of male social behavior and their endocrine correlates among high-ranking wild baboons. Am J Primatol. 1992;28:231-250.
20. Samuels A, Altmann J. Baboons of the Amboseli basin: demographic stability and change. Int J Primatol. 1991;12:1-19.
21. Altmann S, Altmann J. Demographic constraints on behavior and social organization. In: Bernstein I, Smith E. Primate Ecology and Human Origins. New York, NY: Garland Press; 1979:31-47.
22. Strum S, Western J. Variations in fecundity with age and environment in olive baboons (Papio anubis). Am J Primatol. 1982;3:61-76.
23. Altmann J, Hausfater G, Altmann S. Demography of Amboseli baboons: 1963-1983. Am J Primatol. 1985;8:113-125.
24. Altmann S, Altmann J. Baboon Ecology. Chicago, III: University of Chicago Press; 1970.
25. Western D, van Praet C. Cyclical changes in the habitat and climate of an East African ecosystem. Nature. 1973;241:104-106.
26. Altmann J, Altmann S, Hausfater G, McCuskey S. Life histories of yellow baboons: physical development, reproductive parameters, and infant mortality. Primates. 1977;18:315-330.
27. Altmann J, Altmann S, Hausfater G. Physical maturation and age estimates of yellow baboons, Papio cynocephalus, in Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Am J Primatol. 1981;1:389-399.
28. Sapolsky R, Altmann J. Incidence of hypercortisolism and dexamethasone resistance increases with age among wild baboons. Biol Psychiatry. 1991;30:1008-1016.
29. Alberts S, Altmann J. Balancing costs and opportunities: dispersal in male baboons. Am Nature. 1995;145:279-306.
30. Altmann J, Muruthi P. Differences in daily life between semi-provisioned and wild-feeding baboons. Am J Primatol. 1988;15:213-221.
31. Muruthi P, Altmann J, Altmann S. Resource base, parity, and reproductive condition affect females' feeding time and nutrient intake within and between groups of a baboon population. Oecologia. 1991;87:467-472.
32. Altmann J, Schoetler D, Altmann S, Muruthi P, Sapolsky R. Body size and fatness of free-living baboons reflect food availability and activity levels. Am J Primatol. 1993;30:149-161.
33. Altmann J. Baboon Mothers and Infants. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press; 1980.
34. Hausfater G. Dominance and Reproduction in Baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Basel, Switzerland: Karger; 1975.
35. Hausfater G, Altmann J, Altmann S. Long-term consistency of dominance relations among female baboons (Papio cynocephalus). Science. 1982;217:752-755.
36. Packer C. Male dominance and reproductive activity in Papio anubis. Anim Behav. 1979;27:37-45.
37. Pereira M. Agonistic interactions of juvenile savanna baboons, I: fundamental features. Ethology. 1988;79:195-217.
38. Altmann J. Observational study of behavior: sampling methods. Behaviour. 1974;48:1-27.
39. Carroll B. The dexamethasone suppression test for melancholia. Br J Psychiatry. 1982;140:292-304.
40. SAS Institute. In: JMP: Statistics for the Apple Macintosh From SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc; 1994.
41. Muruthi P. Food Intake and Energy Expenditure in Savannah Baboons. University of Nairobi; 1989. Thesis.
42. Sapolsky R. Stress-induced suppression of testicular function in the wild baboon: role of glucocorticoids. Endocrinology. 1985;116:2273-2278.
43. Vernikos J, Daolman M, Bonner C, Katzen A, Shinsako J. Pituitary-adrenal function in rats chronically exposed to cold. Endocrinology. 1982;110:413-421.
44. Young E, Akana S, Dallman M. Decreased sensitivity to glucocorticoid fast feed-back in chronically stressed rats. Neuroendocrinology. 1990;51:536-542.
45. Bhatnager S, Viau V, Meaney M. HPA responses to acute restraint stress following chronic exposure to cold in handled and nonhandled rats. Soc Neurosci Abstr. 1991;17:621-623.
46. Kalin N, Cohen R, Kraemer G, Risen S, Shelton S, Cohen, McKinney W, Murphy D. The dexamethasone suppression test as a measure of hypothalamic-pituitary feed-back sensitivity and its relationship to behavioral arousal. Neuroendocrinology. 1981;32:92-95.
47. Brooke S, de Haas-Johnson A, Kaplan J, Manuck S, Sapolsky R. Dexamethasone resistance among nonhuman primates associated with a selective decrease of glucocorticoid receptors in the hippocampus and a history of social instability. Neuroendocrinology. 1994;60:134-140.
48. Post R. Transaction of psychosocial stress into the neurobiology of recurrent affective disorder. Am J Psychiatry. 1992;149:999-1010.
49. Dittus W. The social regulation of population density and age-sex distribution in the toque monkey. Behaviour. 1977;63:281-322.
50. Post D, Hausftaer G, McCuskey S. Feeding behavior of yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus): relationship to age, gender and dominance rank. Folia Primatol (Basel). 1980;34:170-195.
51. Wrangham R. Drinking competition in vervet monkeys. Anim Behav. 1981;29:904-910.
52. Wrangham R, Waterman P. Feeding behaviour of vervet monkeys on A. tortilis and A. xanthophioea with special reference to reproductive strategies and tannin production. J Anim Ecol. 1981;50:715-731.
53. Whitten P. Diet and dominance among female vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops). Am J Primatol. 1983;5:139-159.
54. Levine S, Wiener S, Coe, C. The psychoneuroendocrinology of stress: a psychobiological perspective. In: Levine S, Brush F. Psychoendocrinology. New York, NY: Academic Press Inc; 1989.
55. Southwick C. An experimental study of intragroup agonistic behavior in rhesus monkeys. Behaviour. 1967;28:182-209.
56. Belzung D, Andersen J. Social rank and responses to feeding competition in rhesus monkeys. Behav Processes. 1986;12:307-316.
57. Sapolsky R, Krey L, McEwen B. Stress down-regulates corticosterone receptors in a site-specific manner in the brain. Endocrinology. 1984;114:287-295.
58. Herman J, Adams D, Prewitt C. Regulatory changes in the neuroendocrine stress-integrative circuitry produced by a variable stress paradigm. Neuroendocrinology. 1995;61:180-190.
59. Makino S, Smith M, Gold P. Increased expression of CRH and vasopressin mRNA in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus during repeated stress: association with reduction in glucocorticoid receptor mRNA levels. Endocrinology. 1995;136:3299-3307.
60. Johren O, Flugge G, Fuchs E. Hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor expression in the tree shrew: regulation by psychosocial conflict. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 1994;14:281-288.
61. Jacobson L, Sapolsky R. The role of the hippocampus in feedback regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical axis. Endocrine Rev. 1991;12:118-140.
62. Sapolsky R, Krey L, McEwen B. Glucocorticoid-sensitive hippocampal neurons are involved in terminating the adrenocortical stress response. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984;81:6174-6179.
63. Sapolsky R. Endocrinology alfresco: psychoendocrine studies of wild baboons. Recent Prog Horm Res. 1993;48:437-465.
64. de Waal F. The integration of dominance and social bonding in primates. Q Rev Biol. 1986;61:459-479.
65. House J, Landis K, Umberson D. Social relationships and health. Science. 1988;241:540-546.
66. Virgin C, Sapolsky R. Styles of male social behavior and their endocrine correlates among low-anking baboons. Am J Primatol. In press.