Abstract

Several recent studies have demonstrated that central oxytocin and vasopressin pathways are important for species typical social behaviors in rodents. This proposal extends this work to non-human primates by investigating oxytocin and vasopressin in both normal and socially abnormal rhesus monkeys. Proposed studies will characterize the social and cognitive deficits in these monkeys, investigate the influence of centrally administered agonists and antagonists, and in post-mortem studies, assess oxytocin and vasopressin function with cellular and molecular techniques. As many of the behavioral deficits in these socially abnormal monkeys resemble the core features of autism and the deficit syndrome of schizophrenia, the results from the proposed studies may provide pathophysiologic insights and novel medications for these treatment-refractory syndromes.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Primate Research Center Grants (P51)
Project #
5P51RR000165-38
Application #
6277510
Study Section
Project Start
1998-05-01
Project End
1999-04-30
Budget Start
1997-10-01
Budget End
1998-09-30
Support Year
38
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Emory University
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Atlanta
State
GA
Country
United States
Zip Code
30322

  Publications

Tedesco, Dana; Grakoui, Arash (2018) Environmental peer pressure: CD4+ T cell help in tolerance and transplantation. Liver Transpl 24:89-97
Mavigner, Maud; Habib, Jakob; Deleage, Claire et al. (2018) Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Persistence in Cellular and Anatomic Reservoirs in Antiretroviral Therapy-Suppressed Infant Rhesus Macaques. J Virol 92:
Walker, Lary C (2018) Prion-like mechanisms in Alzheimer disease. Handb Clin Neurol 153:303-319
Kamberov, Yana G; Guhan, Samantha M; DeMarchis, Alessandra et al. (2018) Comparative evidence for the independent evolution of hair and sweat gland traits in primates. J Hum Evol 125:99-105
Wakeford, Alison G P; Morin, Elyse L; Bramlett, Sara N et al. (2018) A review of nonhuman primate models of early life stress and adolescent drug abuse. Neurobiol Stress 9:188-198
Singh, Arun; Jenkins, Meagan A; Burke Jr, Kenneth J et al. (2018) Glutamatergic Tuning of Hyperactive Striatal Projection Neurons Controls the Motor Response to Dopamine Replacement in Parkinsonian Primates. Cell Rep 22:941-952
Maddox, S A; Kilaru, V; Shin, J et al. (2018) Estrogen-dependent association of HDAC4 with fear in female mice and women with PTSD. Mol Psychiatry 23:658-665
Li, Chun-Xia; Kempf, Doty J; Tong, Frank C et al. (2018) Longitudinal MRI Evaluation of Ischemic Stroke in the Basal Ganglia of a Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) with Seizures. Comp Med :
Lacreuse, Agnès; Parr, Lisa; Chennareddi, Lakshmi et al. (2018) Age-related decline in cognitive flexibility in female chimpanzees. Neurobiol Aging 72:83-88
Meng, Yuguang; Hu, Xiaoping; Zhang, Xiaodong et al. (2018) Diffusion tensor imaging reveals microstructural alterations in corpus callosum and associated transcallosal fiber tracts in adult macaques with neonatal hippocampal lesions. Hippocampus 28:838-845

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