Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates: The Biology of the Gradient

Author:   Carol A. Shively ,  Mark E. Wilson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
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9783319809045


Pages:   178
Publication Date:   22 April 2018
Format:   Paperback
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Social Inequalities in Health in Nonhuman Primates: The Biology of the Gradient


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This book provides a comprehensive look at nonhuman primate social inequalities as models for health differences associated with socioeconomic status in humans. The benefit of the socially-housed monkey model is that it provides the complexity of hierarchical structure and rank affiliation, i.e. both negative and positive aspects of social status. At the same time, nonhuman primates are more amenable to controlled experiments and more invasive studies that can be used in human beings to examine the effects of low status on brain development, neuroendocrine function, immunity, and eating behavior. Because all of these biological and behavioral substrates form the underpinnings of human illness, and are likely shared among primates, the nonhuman primate model can significantly advance our understanding of the best interventions in humans.

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Author:   Carol A. Shively ,  Mark E. Wilson
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   2.876kg
ISBN:  

9783319809045


ISBN 10:   3319809040
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   22 April 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Relevance of NHP Translational Research to Understanding Social Inequalities in Health in Human Beings.- An Introduction to the Female Macaque Model of Social Subordination Stress.- Effects of Social Subordination on Macaque Neurobehavioral Outcomes: focus on Neurodevelopment.- The Effects of Social Experience on the Stress System and Immune Function in Non-Human Primates.- The Influence of Social Environment on Morbidity, Mortality, and Reproductive Success in Free-Ranging Cercopithecine Primates.- Social Status and the Non-human Primate Brain.- Emotional Eating in Socially Subordinate Female Rhesus Monkeys.- Dietary Modification of Physiological Responses to Chronic Psychosocial Stress: Implications for the Obesity Epidemic.

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Carol Shively, Ph.D. Professor Pathology Wake Forest School of Medicine cshively@wakehealth.edu (336) 716-1524 Mark Wilson PhD, Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University mwils02@emory.edu

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