News tagged with rhesus macaques
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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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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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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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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Rhesus macaque moms 'go gaga' for baby, too
The intense exchanges that human mothers share with their newborn infants may have some pretty deep roots, suggests a study of rhesus macaques reported online on October 8th in Current Biology.
Oct 08, 2009 |
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AIDS: Microbicide gel 'highly encouraging' in lab tests
The dogged search for a vaginal gel to thwart the AIDS virus earned some good news on Wednesday as scientists announced that a cheap, commonly-used compound shielded monkeys from a lethal cousin of HIV.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...
Jun 25, 2009 |
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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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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 27, 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. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 16, 2010 |
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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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