Psychosocial Stress and Dietary Environment Promote Emotional Feeding in Female Rhesus Monkeys

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-114
Author(s):  
Vasiliki Michopoulos ◽  
Kelly Ethun ◽  
Mark E. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Stress ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Female Rhesus

Androgen Receptors in the Cerebral Cortex of Fetal Female Rhesus Monkeys*

Endocrinology ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 119 (4) ◽  
pp. 1625-1631 ◽  
Author(s):  
SAMUEL A. SHOLL ◽  
STEVEN M. POMERANTZ
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Cortex ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Androgen Receptors ◽  
Female Rhesus

THE EFFECTS OF DEXAMETHASONE AND ANDROGENS ON SEXUAL RECEPTIVITY OF FEMALE RHESUS MONKEYS

1971 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. EVERITT ◽  
J. HERBERT
Keyword(s):  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Testosterone Propionate ◽  
Secretory Activity ◽  
Urinary Free Cortisol ◽  
Sexual Receptivity ◽  
Adrenal Androgens ◽  
Electrolyte Metabolism ◽  
Free Cortisol ◽  
Female Rhesus ◽  
The Central Nervous System

SUMMARY The effect of dexamethasone, given either alone or together with testosterone propionate or androstenedione, was studied in nine female rhesus monkeys (paired with three males) by making quantitative observations on behaviour in the laboratory. Dexamethasone (0·5 mg/kg/day) given to oestrogen-treated ovariectomized female monkeys made them sexually unreceptive, and there was an associated decline in the level of the male's mounting activity. Testosterone propionate (100 or 200 μg/day) reversed completely the effects of dexamethasone on sexual behaviour. Androstenedione (100, 200 or 400 μg/day) had similar, but less marked, effects whereas cortisol (10 mg/day) or progesterone (100, 200 or 500 μg/day) were ineffective. Treating a female with testosterone prevented dexamethasone from reducing sexual receptivity. Parallel determinations of urinary free cortisol showed that the dexamethasone had suppressed the secretory activity of the adrenal cortex. There were no consistent changes, under any treatment, in the females' vaginal epithelia, sexual skins or clitorides, or in their water or electrolyte metabolism. These findings indicate that adrenal androgens regulate sexual receptivity in these female primates, probably by an action on the central nervous system.

Controlled exposure of female rhesus monkeys to 2,3,7,8-TCDD: Concentrations of TCDD in fat of offspring, and its decline over time

Chemosphere ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (7-9) ◽  
pp. 1199-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.E. Bowman ◽  
H.Y. Tong ◽  
M.L. Gross ◽  
S.J. Monson ◽  
N.C.A. Weerasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Female Rhesus ◽  
Controlled Exposure ◽  
Over Time

Negative feedback effects of oestradiol-17ß on luteinizing hormone in female rhesus monkeys under different seasonal conditions

1985 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
J. G. Herndon ◽  
M. S. Blank ◽  
D. R. Mann ◽  
D. C. Collins ◽  
J.J. Turner
Keyword(s):  
Luteinizing Hormone ◽  
Breeding Season ◽  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Female Rhesus ◽  
Time Of Year

Abstract. Suppression of luteinizing hormone (LH) by sc implanted oestradiol-17ß (E2) pellets was examined in 4 ovariectomized female rhesus monkeys during the breeding season, the non-breeding season and during the transition between the breeding and non-breeding season. Immunoreactive LH was suppressed to 58, 78 and 75% of untreated levels for the respective seasonal conditions. Bioactive LH was suppressed to 29, 49 and 33% of baseline. Bioactive LH (determined by testoster-one release from rat interstital cells) was significantly correlated (r = 0.84) with immunoactive LH from the same samples. It is concluded that E2 treatment of ovariectomized female rhesus monkeys results in suppressed levels of LH, regardless of the time of year.

scholarly journals An increase in in vivo release of LHRH and precocious puberty by posterior hypothalamic lesions in female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

2007 ◽  
Vol 292 (4) ◽  
pp. E1000-E1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bret M. Windsor-Engnell ◽  
Etsuko Kasuya ◽  
Masaharu Mizuno ◽  
Kim L. Keen ◽  
Ei Terasawa
Keyword(s):  
Precocious Puberty ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Gaba Release ◽  
Good Tool ◽  
Subsequent Increase ◽  
Female Rhesus ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Lhrh Release

We have previously shown that a decrease in γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) tone and a subsequent increase in glutamatergic tone occur in association with the pubertal increase in luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH) release in primates. To further determine the causal relationship between developmental changes in GABA and glutamate levels and the pubertal increase in LHRH release, we examined monkeys with precocious puberty induced by lesions in the posterior hypothalamus (PH). Six prepubertal female rhesus monkeys (17.4 ± 0.1 mo of age) received lesions in the PH, three prepubertal females (17.5 ± 0.1 mo) received sham lesions, and two females received no treatments. LHRH, GABA, and glutamate levels in the stalk-median eminence before and after lesions were assessed over two 6-h periods (0600–1200 and 1800–2400) using push-pull perfusion. Monkeys with PH lesions exhibited external signs of precocious puberty, including significantly earlier menarche in PH lesion animals (18.8 ± 0.2 mo) than in sham/controls (25.5 ± 0.9 mo, P < 0.001). Moreover, PH lesion animals had elevated LHRH levels and higher evening glutamate levels after lesions, whereas LHRH changes did not occur in sham/controls until later. Changes in GABA release were not discernible, since evening GABA levels already deceased at 18–20 mo of age in both groups and morning levels remained at the prepubertal levels. The age of first ovulation in both groups did not differ. Collectively, PH lesions may not be a good tool to investigate the mechanism of puberty, and, taking into account the recent findings on the role of kisspeptins, the mechanism of the puberty onset in primates is more complex than we initially anticipated.

Gonadal Steroid Modulation of the Limbic–Hypothalamic– Pituitary–Adrenal (LHPA) Axis Is Influenced by Social Status in Female Rhesus Monkeys

Endocrine ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 089-098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Wilson ◽  
Ariadne Legendre ◽  
Karen Pazol ◽  
Jeffrey Fisher ◽  
Kathy Chikazawa
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Rhesus Monkeys ◽  
Gonadal Steroid ◽  
Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal ◽  
Female Rhesus ◽  
Steroid Modulation ◽  
Lhpa Axis
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