Effects of age on cerebrospinal fluid oxytocin levels in free-ranging adult female and infant rhesus macaques

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-433

  Parker, Karen J ^a   Hoffman, Christy L ^b   Hyde, Shellie A ^a   Cummings, Carl S ^a   Maestripieri, Dario ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cortisol; Free ranging; Infant; Oxytocin; Rhesus monkey

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; OXYTOCIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE ANIMAL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERTO RICO; REPRODUCTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DOMINANCE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTATION; MACACA MULATTA; OXYTOCIN; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 77953774307     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019576     Document Type: Article

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