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SUBMITTER: Raper J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4423616 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Raper Jessica J Stephens Shannon B Z SB Sanchez Mar M Bachevalier Jocelyne J Wallen Kim K
Developmental psychobiology 20140702 8
The current study examined the effects of neonatal amygdala lesions on mother-infant interactions in rhesus monkeys reared in large species-typical social groups. Focal observations of mother-infant interactions were collected in their social group for the first 12 months postpartum on infants that had received amygdala lesions (Neo-A) at 24-25 days of age and control infants. Early amygdala lesions resulted in subtle behavioral alterations. Neo-A females exhibited earlier emergence of independe ...[more]