Monkeys : brain development, social and hormonal mechanisms and zoonotic diseases / Hugo A. Barrera Saldaña, editor.
This book is a collection of fascinating contributions from research experts around the world and their studies on monkeys, their brains, behaviors, endocrinology, diseases that pose potential threats to our species and the evolution of hormonal genes. If ""humans are like onions-made of l...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York : Nova Publishers, [2014] |
| Series: | Animal science, issues, and professions series.
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Table of Contents:
- MONKEYS: BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL AND HORMONAL MECHANISMS AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES; MONKEYS: BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL AND HORMONAL MECHANISMS AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; IN THE BRAIN DEVELOPMENT SUBJECT; IN THE SOCIAL ASPECTS; IN THE ZOONOTIC FIELD; IN THE HORMONAL DOMAIN; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 1: BRAINSTEM'S AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS AND INTERVAL VALUES IN RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA) AT DIFFEREN INTENSITIES (70-30 DB); ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTION OF THE HEARING.
- ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF EAR IN HUMANS AND NON-PRIMATESORGANIZATION OF THE AUDITORY PATHWAY IN PRIMATES; BRAINSTEM AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS (BAEPS) IN NHP; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: THE USE OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES AS BIO-MODELS FOR AGING BRAIN STUDIES: INTERVENTIONAL ROLE OF OXIDATIVE STRESS IN DEMYELIZATION PROCESSES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES (ROS AND RNS); AGING, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND DEMYELINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC EVALUATION: EVOKED POTENTIALS; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES (NHP) AS A MODEL TO STUDY CEREBRAL AGING ASSOCIATED TO OXIDATIVE STRESS (OS).
- CONCLUSIONAKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: ONTOGENY OF SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS OF MEDIAN AND TIBIAL NERVES IN RHESUS MONKEYS (MACACA MULATTA): INFLUENCE OF DISSOCIATIVE ANESTHETIC MIXTURES UNDER CAPTIVITY CONDITIONS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTION OF THE SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAY; SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAY; TRANSMISSION OF SENSORY INPUT; ASCENDING PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY COMPONENTS OF THE THALAMUS; MYELINATION OF THE SOMATOSENSORY PATHWAY; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIAL (SSEP); NEURONAL GENERATORS OF SSEPS; FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE SSEP REGISTER.
- DISSOCIATIVE ANESTHETICS IN THE APPLICATION OF SSEPSTRANQUILIZERS AND SEDATIVES; MATERIAL AND METHODS; PRELIMINARY RESULTS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; Chapter 4: HOW NEW WORLD MONKEYS SEE THE SOCIAL WORLD; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; RECOGNIZING OTHER INDIVIDUALS; UNDERSTANDING OTHERS' BEHAVIOUR, DIRECT AND THIRD-PARTY RELATIONSHIPS; RECIPROCAL BEHAVIOUR, COOPERATION AND OTHER COMPLEX INTER- INDIVIDUAL INTERACIONS; GESTURAL COMMUNICATION; VOCAL COMMUNICATION; PERSPECTIVE TAKING, GAZE FOLLOWING; SOCIAL LEARNING AND CULTURE; THEORY OF MIND.
- CONCLUSION: CURRENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE RESEARCHACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: MONKEY PHYSICAL COGNITION: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESES PREDICTING INTER-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; MONKEY PHYSICAL COGNITION; UNDERSTANDING OBJECTS; SPATIAL COGNITIVE SKILLS; MEMORY SKILLS; SKILLS INHIBITORY; UNDERSTANDING OF CAUSALITY AND TOOL USE; UNDERSTANDING OF NUMEROSITY AND QUANTITIES; ABSTRACT CONCEPTS AND ANALOGICAL SKILLS; CONCLUSION: CURRENT PROBLEMS AND FUTURE RESEARCH; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; ZOONOTIC DISEASES.