Effects of early experience on female behavioural and reproductive development in rhesus macaques

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1569, 2005, Pages 1243-1248

  Maestripieri, Dario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early experience; Female reproductive maturation; Interest in infants; Maternal care; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FEMALE; MATERNAL CARE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEREDITY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STRESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MACACA; METABOLISM; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA MULATTA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MACACA MULATTA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATION; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STRESS;

EID: 24044539898     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3059     Document Type: Article

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