Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 191-199 , February 2012

Physiological and behavioral adaptation to relocation stress in differentially reared rhesus monkeys: Hair cortisol as a biomarker for anxiety-related responses

  • Amanda M. Dettmer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O’Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 648 1266; fax: +1 412 648 1465.
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  • Melinda A. Novak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States
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  • Stephen J. Suomi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Comparative Ethology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
    • ,
  • Jerrold S. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States

Received 6 August 2010 ,Revised 19 April 2011 ,Accepted 1 June 2011.

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PII: S0306-4530(11)00172-7

doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.06.003

Psychoneuroendocrinology
Volume 37, Issue 2 , Pages 191-199 , February 2012

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