News tagged with rhesus macaques
Monkeys with larger friend networks have more gray matter
New research in the UK on rhesus macaque monkeys has found for the first time that if they live in larger groups they develop more gray matter in parts of the brain involved in processing information on social ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Genomic sequence and comparison of two macaques reveal new insights into biomedical research
The South China Center for Innovative Pharmaceuticals, Sun Yat-Sen University, and BGI, the world's largest genomic organization, announced that they were among the research organizations from China, US and UK comprising ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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BGI develops first monkey exome sequencing platform for biomedical research
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, has developed the first exome sequencing platform for the monkey, based on next-generation sequencing technology and monkey exome capturing array (MECA). MECA is a proprietary ...
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Study reveals baby monkeys may be affected for life if separated from their mothers
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by scientists in China has found that baby rhesus macaques stressed by being separated from their mothers remained anxious and had poor social skills even three years after separation. ...
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Stop on red! The effects of color may lie deep in evolution...
(Medical Xpress) -- Almost universally, red means stop. Red means danger. Red means hot. And analyzing the results in the 2004 Olympics, researchers have found that red also means dominance. Athletes wearing red prevailed ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Deciding to stay or go is a deep-seated brain function
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even little kids picking strawberries do it.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Human prejudice has ancient evolutionary roots
The tendency to perceive others as "us versus them" isn't exclusively human but appears to be shared by our primate cousins, a new study led by Yale researchers has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Study shows early brain effects of HIV in mouse model
A new mouse model closely resembles how the human body reacts to early HIV infection and is shedding light on nerve cell damage related to the disease, according to researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 02, 2011 |
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For the first time, monkeys recognize themselves in the mirror, indicating self-awareness (w/ Video)
Typically, monkeys don't know what to make of a mirror. They may ignore it or interpret their reflection as another, invading monkey, but they don't recognize the reflection as their own image. Chimpanzees ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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Experimental Marburg vaccine prevents disease 2 days after infection
An experimental vaccine developed to prevent outbreaks of Marburg hemorrhagic fever continues to show promise in monkeys as an emergency treatment for accidental exposures to the virus that causes the disease. ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Experimental treatment protects monkeys from lethal Ebola virus post-exposure
Scientists using tiny particles of genetic material to interfere in the replication process of the deadly Ebola virus have successfully prevented monkeys exposed to that virus from dying of hemorrhagic fever. The proof-of-concept ...
May 27, 2010 |
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Mother's flu during pregnancy may increase baby's risk of schizophrenia
Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 11, 2010 |
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Baby monkeys receive signals through their mother's breast milk
Among rhesus macaque monkeys, mothers who weigh more and have had previous pregnancies produce more and better breast milk for their babies than mothers who weigh less and are less experienced. Scientists ...
Mar 02, 2010 |
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Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us
Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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