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Body temperature and thermal environment in a generalized arboreal anthropoid, wild mantled howling monkeys (Alouatta palliata).
(Am J Phys Anthropol, 2014-05)
Free-ranging primates are confronted with the challenge of maintaining an optimal
range of body temperatures within a thermally dynamic environment that changes daily,
seasonally, and annually. While many laboratory studies ...
A fruit in the hand or two in the bush? Divergent risk preferences in chimpanzees and bonobos.
(Biol Lett, 2008-06-23)
Human and non-human animals tend to avoid risky prospects. If such patterns of economic
choice are adaptive, risk preferences should reflect the typical decision-making environments
faced by organisms. However, this approach ...
Differences in the cognitive skills of bonobos and chimpanzees.
(PLoS One, 2010-08-27)
While bonobos and chimpanzees are both genetically and behaviorally very similar,
they also differ in significant ways. Bonobos are more cautious and socially tolerant
while chimpanzees are more dependent on extractive foraging, ...
Intracoronary adenovirus-mediated delivery and overexpression of the beta(2)-adrenergic receptor in the heart : prospects for molecular ventricular assistance.
(Circulation, 2000-02-01)
BACKGROUND: Genetic modulation of ventricular function may offer a novel therapeutic
strategy for patients with congestive heart failure. Myocardial overexpression of
beta(2)-adrenergic receptors (beta(2)ARs) has been shown ...
Intraspecific variation in semicircular canal morphology-A missing element in adaptive scenarios?
(American journal of physical anthropology, 2019-01)
OBJECTIVES:Recent evidence suggests that the amount of intraspecific variation in
semicircular canal morphology may, itself, be evidence for varying levels of selection
related to locomotor demands. To determine the extent ...
Simultaneous transcranial magnetic stimulation and single-neuron recording in alert non-human primates.
(Nat Neurosci, 2014-08)
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a widely used, noninvasive method for stimulating
nervous tissue, yet its mechanisms of effect are poorly understood. Here we report
new methods for studying the influence of TMS ...
Characterization of subtle brain abnormalities in a mouse model of Hedgehog pathway antagonist-induced cleft lip and palate.
(PLoS One, 2014)
Subtle behavioral and cognitive deficits have been documented in patient cohorts with
orofacial clefts (OFCs). Recent neuroimaging studies argue that these traits are associated
with structural brain abnormalities but have ...
Enhanced rewarding properties of morphine, but not cocaine, in beta(arrestin)-2 knock-out mice.
(J Neurosci, 2003-11-12)
The reinforcing and psychomotor effects of morphine involve opiate stimulation of
the dopaminergic system via activation of mu-opioid receptors (muOR). Both mu-opioid
and dopamine receptors are members of the G-protein-coupled ...
Phorbol esters promote alpha 1-adrenergic receptor phosphorylation and receptor uncoupling from inositol phospholipid metabolism.
(Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1985-09)
DDT1 MF-2 cells, which are derived from hamster vas deferens smooth muscle, contain
alpha 1-adrenergic receptors (54,800 +/- 2700 sites per cell) that are coupled to
stimulation of inositol phospholipid metabolism. Incubation ...
Systematic mapping of the monkey inferior colliculus reveals enhanced low frequency sound representation.
(Journal of neurophysiology, 2011-04)
We investigated the functional architecture of the inferior colliculus (IC) in rhesus
monkeys. We systematically mapped multiunit responses to tonal stimuli and noise in
the IC and surrounding tissue of six rhesus macaques, ...