Physiological Correlates of Aggression and Impulsivity in Free-Ranging Female Primates

• Published in: Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1045 - 1055
• Main Authors: Westergaard, Gregory C, Suomi, Stephen J, Chavanne, Tara J, Houser, Lisa, Hurley, Anne, Cleveland, Allison, Snoy, Philip J, Higley, J Dee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2003; Nature Publishing; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Aggression - physiology; Aggression - psychology; Alcohol; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Behavior. Attitude; Behavioral psychophysiology; Behavioral Sciences; Biological and medical sciences; Biological Psychology; Cerebrospinal fluid; Female; Females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid - cerebrospinal fluid; Impulsive Behavior - blood; Impulsive Behavior - cerebrospinal fluid; Impulsive Behavior - metabolism; Impulsive Behavior - psychology; Impulsivity; Macaca mulatta - physiology; Macaca mulatta - psychology; Males; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosciences; Neurotransmission and behavior; original-article; Pharmacotherapy; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopathology; R&D; Research & development; Serotonin; Social Behavior; Social psychology; United States > US; Virginia; impulsivity; serotonin; aggression; 5-HIAA; females; Biological fluid; Correlation; Metabolite; Sex; Cortisol; Macaca mulatta; Cerebrospinal fluid; Blood plasma; Social behavior; Primates; Simioidea; Female; Mechanism of action; Psychophysiology; Quantitative analysis; Impulsivity; Serotonin; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Social interaction; Animal; Aggressiveness
• ISSN: 0893-133X; 1740-634X
• DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300171

We examined the relations among cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolite concentrations, plasma hormone concentrations, aggression, and impulsive risk-taking behavior in a free-ranging population of female rhesus macaques. We selected 44 juvenile female rhesus macaques as subjects from a popul...