%0 Journal Article
%T Socialrankandcortisolamongfemalerhesusmacaques(Macacamulatta)
%A Dong-Dong QIN
%A Joshua Dominic Rizak
%A Xiao-Li FENG
%A Xun-Xun CHU
%A Shang-Chuan YANG
%A Chun-Lu LI
%A Long-Bao Lü
%A Yuan-Ye MA
%A Xin-Tian HU
%J 动物学研究
%D 2013
%R 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2013.E02E42
%X Inanimalsocieties,somestressfuleventscanleadtohigherlevelsofphysiologicalstress.Suchstressors,likesocialrank,alsopredictanincreasedvulnerabilitytoanarrayofdiseases.However,thephysiologicalrelationshipbetweensocialrankandstressvariesbetweendifferentspecies,aswellaswithingroupsofasinglespecies.Forexample,dominantindividualsaremoresociallystressedattimes,whileatothertimesitisthesubordinateoneswhoexperiencethisstress.Together,thesevariationsmakeitdifficulttoassessdiseasevulnerabilityasconnectedtosocialinteractions.Inordertolearnmoreabouthowphysiologicalrankrelationshipsvarybetweengroupsofasinglespecies,cortisolmeasurementsfromhairsampleswereusedtoevaluatetheeffectsofdominancerankonlong-termstresslevelsindespoticandlessstringentfemalerhesusmacaquehierarchalgroups.Indespoticgroups,cortisollevelswerefoundnottobecorrelatedwithsocialrank,butanegativecorrelationwasfoundbetweensocialrankandcortisollevelsinlessstringenthierarchies.Lowrankingmonkeysinlessstringentgroupssecretedelevatedlevelsofcortisolcomparedtohigherrankinganimals.Thesedatasuggestthatvariationsinthestrictnessofthedominancehierarchyaredeterminingfactorsinrankrelatedstressphysiology.Thefurtherconsiderationofnonhumanprimatesocialsystemdiversityandthelineardegreeoftheirhierarchiesmayallowforthedevelopmentofvalidrank-relatedstressmodelsthatwillhelpincreaseourunderstandingandguidethedevelopmentofnewtherapeuticsfordiseasesrelatedtohumansocioeconomicstatus.
%K Socialrank
%K Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenalaxis
%K Cortisol
%K Female
%K Rhesusmacaques
%U http://www.zoores.ac.cn/CN/abstract/abstract3318.shtml