Use of guanfacine to control self-injurious behavior in two rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and one baboon (Papio anubis)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 419-425

  Macy J D , Jr ^a   Beattie, T A ^a   Morgenstern, S E ^a   Arnsten, A F T ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GUANFACINE;

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BABOON; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RHESUS MONKEY; STRESS;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GUANFACINE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PAPIO; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033798554     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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