News tagged with macaque monkeys

Jun 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...

AIDS: Microbicide gel 'highly encouraging' in lab tests

Mar 04, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The dogged search for a vaginal gel to thwart the AIDS virus earned some good news on Wednesday as scientists announced that a cheap, commonly-used compound shielded monkeys from a lethal cousin of HIV.

Researchers unveil new monkey model for HIV

Mar 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

By altering just one gene in HIV-1, scientists have succeeded in infecting pig-tailed macaque monkeys with a human version of the virus that has until now been impossible to study directly in animals. The new strain of HIV ...

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Rhesus macaque moms 'go gaga' for baby, too

Oct 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

The intense exchanges that human mothers share with their newborn infants may have some pretty deep roots, suggests a study of rhesus macaques reported online on October 8th in Current Biology.

Genetic variation cues social anxiety in monkeys and humans

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Jan 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 5

A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. ...

Flossing monkeys 'proof' animals teach tool use

Mar 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Thai monkeys have been observed showing their young how to floss -- proof primates teach offspring to use tools, a Japanese researcher said Wednesday.

Monkeys perform arithmetic as well as college students

Dec 18, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (29) | 8

Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated that monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition. In fact, monkeys performed about as well as college students given the same test.

Monkey gene that blocks AIDS viruses evolved more than once

Feb 29, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (14) | 0

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified a gene in Asian monkeys that may have evolved as a defense against lentiviruses, the group of viruses that includes HIV. The study, published February 29 in the open-access ...

New vaccine research targets HIV in the slower, early stage of infection

Feb 17, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

New research at Oregon Health & Science University's Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute suggests vaccines that specifically target HIV in the initial stages of infection before it becomes a rapidly replicating, system-wide ...

Whose voice is that? Scientists discover 'voice' area in the brain of nonhuman primate

Feb 15, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (19) | 1

For vocal animals, recognising species-specific vocalizations is important for survival and social interactions. In humans, a ‘voice' region has been identified that is sensitive to human voices and vocalizations. As this ...

Researchers find stem cells from monkey teeth can stimulate growth and generation of brain cells

Nov 11, 2008 | 3.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered dental pulp stem cells can stimulate growth and generation of several types of neural cells. Findings from this study, available ...

Monkey economy works

Jul 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A monkey that has acquired the sole power to hand out apples is generously rewarded with grooming sessions by the other monkeys in its group. But as soon as another monkey can hand out apples ...

Can monkeys choose optimally when faced with noisy stimuli and unequal rewards?