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Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) with self-injurious behavior show less behavioral anxiety during the human intruder test

Authors: Emily J. Peterson, Julie M. Worlein, Grace H. Lee, Amanda M. Dettmer, Elana K. Varner, Melinda A. Novak

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: anxiety, blunted affect, human intruder test, rhesus macaques, self-injury

2017


Risk Factors and Remediation of Self-Injurious and Self-Abuse Behavior in Rhesus Macaques

Authors: Ina Rommeck, Kristen Anderson, Allison Heagerty, Ashley Cameron, Brenda McCowan

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, laboratory, rhesus macaque, self-abuse, self-injury, welfare

2009


Evidence for a relationship between cage stereotypies and behavioural disinhibition in laboratory rodents

Authors: J. P. Garner, G. J. Mason

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Brain Research

Keywords: abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, autism, bar-mouthing, basal ganglia, executive functioning, schizophrenia, stereotypy, striatal dysfunction

2002


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