The mutual influences between depressed Macaca fascicularis mothers and their infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the influence of infant rearing on the behavior of depressed adult female Macaca fascicularis and the influence of depressed infant-rearing adult female Macaca fascicularis on their infants in a free enclosure environment.

Methods

Here, 20 depressed subjects and then 20 healthy subjects were randomly selected from a total population of 1007 adult female Macaca fascicularis subjects. Four depressed subjects and eight healthy subjects were rearing infants. By focal observation, three trained observers video-recorded the selected subjects over a total observational period of 560 hours. The video footage was analyzed by qualified blinded analysts that coded the raw footage into quantitative behavioral data (i.e., durations of 53 pre-defined behavioral items a

SUBMITTER: Zhou Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3943858 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature