Self-injurious behavior in male rhesus macaques does not reflect externally directed aggression

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-39

  Lutz, Corrine ^a   Marinus, Lucinda ^a   Chase, William ^a   Meyer, Jerrold ^b   Novak, Melinda ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cortisol; Monkeys; Self biting; SIB; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; BITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SALIVA LEVEL; STRESS; VIDEOTAPE;

EID: 0037240710     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00886-7     Document Type: Article

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