Search Results - "Vandeleest, Jessica J."

Affiliation and disease risk: social networks mediate gut microbial transmission among rhesus macaques by Balasubramaniam, Krishna N., Beisner, Brianne A., Hubbard, Josephine A., Vandeleest, Jessica J., Atwill, Edward R., McCowan, Brenda

“…In social animals, affiliative behaviours bring many benefits, but also costs such as disease risk. The ways in which affiliation may affect the risk of…”
Get full text

What you have, not who you know: food-enhanced social capital and changes in social behavioural relationships in a non-human primate by Blersch, Rosemary, Vandeleest, Jessica J, Nathman, Amy C, Pósfai, Márton, D'Souza, Raissa, McCowan, Brenda, Beisner, Brianne A

“…Social network position in non-human primates has far-reaching fitness consequences. Critically, social networks are both heterogeneous and dynamic, meaning an…”
Get full text

Decoupling social status and status certainty effects on health in macaques: a network approach by Vandeleest, Jessica J, Beisner, Brianne A, Hannibal, Darcy L, Nathman, Amy C, Capitanio, John P, Hsieh, Fushing, Atwill, Edward R, McCowan, Brenda

“…Although a wealth of literature points to the importance of social factors on health, a detailed understanding of the complex interplay between social and…”
Get full text

Hair and plasma cortisol throughout the first 3 years of development in infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta by Pritchard, Alexander J., Capitanio, John P., Del Rosso, Laura, McCowan, Brenda, Vandeleest, Jessica J.

“…Cortisol expression has been demonstrated to have variation across development in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). There exists contradictory evidence for the…”
Get full text

Repeatability of measures of behavioral organization over two years in captive infant rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta by Pritchard, Alexander J., Capitanio, John P., Del Rosso, Laura, McCowan, Brenda, Vandeleest, Jessica J.

“…Individual differences of infant temperament have been associated with future health outcomes that provide explanatory power beyond adult personality. Despite…”
Get full text

The Augmentation of Retinogeniculate Communication during Thalamic Burst Mode by Alitto, Henry, Rathbun, Daniel L, Vandeleest, Jessica J, Alexander, Prescott C, Usrey, W Martin

“…Retinal signals are transmitted to cortex via neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), where they are processed in burst or tonic response mode. Burst…”
Get full text

Early rearing interacts with temperament and housing to influence the risk for motor stereotypy in rhesus monkeys ( Macaca mulatta) by Vandeleest, Jessica J., McCowan, Brenda, Capitanio, John P.

“…Laboratory and zoo housed non-human primates sometimes exhibit abnormal behaviors that are thought to reflect reduced well-being. Previous research attempted…”
Get full text

Sex differences in the impact of social status on hair cortisol concentrations in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) by Vandeleest, Jessica J., Winkler, Sasha L., Beisner, Brianne A., Hannibal, Darcy L., Atwill, Edward R., McCowan, Brenda

“…Social status impacts stress in primates, but the direction of the effect differs depending on species, social style, and group stability. This complicates our…”
Get full text

The effects of birth timing and ambient temperature on the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in 3–4 month old rhesus monkeys by Vandeleest, Jessica J, Blozis, Shelley A, Mendoza, Sally P, Capitanio, John P

“…Summary Birth timing, a relative measure of the timing of births within a season, has been shown to be related to the ways mothers and infant interact as well…”
Get full text

Birth Timing and Behavioral Responsiveness Predict Individual Differences in the Mother-Infant Relationship and Infant Behavior During Weaning and Maternal Breeding by Vandeleest, Jessica J., Capitanio, John P.

“…There is a great deal of variability in mother–infant interactions and infant behavior across the first year of life in rhesus monkeys. The current article has…”
Get full text

Birth timing and the mother-infant relationship predict variation in infant behavior and physiology by Vandeleest, Jessica J., Mendoza, Sally P., Capitanio, John P.

“…The current study explored whether birth timing, known to influence the mother–infant relationship, also affected infant physiology up to 9 months later and…”
Get full text

The dynamics of dominance in a ‘despotic’ society by Blersch, Rosemary, Beisner, Brianne A., Vandeleest, Jessica J., McCowan, Brenda

“…Dominance hierarchies are a key feature in the dynamics of animal social groups, playing a crucial role in fostering group stability. Despite often being…”
Get full text

Trends in the Field of Mammalian Social Behavior and Health Over the Last 20 Years by Vandeleest, Jessica J., Hannibal, Darcy L., Beisner, Brianne A., Barnard, Allison M., McCowan, Brenda

“…In any scientific field there are thematic changes over time as new technologies and methods of investigation are developed and accumulated knowledge drives…”
Get full text