Early amygdala or hippocampus damage influences adolescent female social behavior during group formation

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 68-82

  Moadab, Gilda ^a   Bliss Moreau, Eliza ^a   Bauman, Melissa D ^a,b   Amaral, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Neurodevelopment; Nonhuman primate; Rhesus macaque; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PEER GROUP; PHASE TRANSITION; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL HIERARCHY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85008221023     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bne0000181     Document Type: Article

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