The effects of neonatal amygdala or hippocampus lesions on adult social behavior.

ABSTRACT: The present report details the final phase of a longitudinal evaluation of the social behavior in a cohort of adult rhesus monkeys that received bilateral neurotoxic lesions of the amygdala or hippocampus, or sham operations at 2 weeks of age. Results were compared to previous studies in which adult animals received amygdala lesions and were tested in a similar fashion. Social testing with four novel interaction partners occurred when the animals were between 7 and 8 years of age. Experimental animals interacted with two male and two female partners in two conditions - one in which physical access was restricted (the constrained social access condition) and a second in which physical access was unrestricted (the unconstrained social access condition). Across conditions and interaction part

SUBMITTER: Bliss-Moreau E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423538 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature