Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Brain Development
Chapter 1 – Brainstem´s Auditory Evoked Potentials and Intervals Values in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) at Different Intensities (70-30 DB) (pp. 3-34 )
Alejandra Ibáñez-Contreras, Salvador Abraham Solís-Chávez, Eduardo Tena-Betancourt and Braulio Hernández-Godínez
Chapter 2 – The Use of Non-Human Primates As Bio-Models for Aging Brain Studies: Interventional Role of Oxidative Stress in Demyelization Processes (pp. 35-50)
Alejandra Ibáñez-Contreras, Adrian Poblano, Braulio Hernández-Godínez, Adriana Alarcón-Aguilar, Marcela Arteaga-Silva, Eduardo Tena-Betancourt and Mina Königsberg
Chapter 3 – Ontogeny of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials of Median and Tibial Nerves in Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta): Influence of Dissociative Anesthetic Mixtures under Captivity Conditions (pp. 51-78)
Braulio Hernández-Godínez, Herlinda Bonilla-Jaime, Adrian Poblano, Marcela Arteaga-Silva, Ma. Alejandra Bautista-Rodríguez, Salvador Solís-Chávez, Yessica Heras-Romero, Eduardo Tena-Betancourt and Alejandra Ibáñez-Contreras
Chapter 4 – Phonon Scattering and Elastic Energy Propagation in Nanowires (pp. 81-104)
Amici Federica
Social Aspects
Chapter 5 – Monkey Physical Cognition: A Comparative Review (pp. 105-132)
Amici Federica and Bräuer Juliane
Zoonotic Diseases
Chapter 6 – Zoonoses and Anthroponoses in Non-Human Primates of Costa Rica (pp. 135-148)
A. Chaves and G. Gutiérrez-Espeleta
Chapter 7 – The Role of Natural Occurring Infections in Experimental Studies in Non-Human Primates (pp. 149-162)
Natalia Schlabritz-Loutsevitch, Edward J. Dick Jr. and Gene B. Hubbard
Hormonal
Chapter 8 – Growth Hormone and Prolactin in New World Monkeys (pp. 165-184)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex
Chapter 9 – Revelations of the Primate Genome Projects: The Case of the Growth Hormone Locus (pp.185-202)
Antonio Alí Pérez-Maya and Hugo Alberto Barrera-Saldaña
Chapter 10 – Nonhuman Primates Used for Research of Obesity and Related Metabolic Diseases: The Baboon As a Model (pp. 203-222)
M. Elizabeth Tejero, Iram P. Rodríguez-Sánchez and Hugo A. Barrera-Saldaña
Index
Additional Information
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