NO EVIDENCE FOR PREMENSTRUAL BEHAVIORAL-CHANGES IN CAPTIVE PATAS MONKEYS

Authors
LOY J LAVELLE M MEDERER H SODERBERG J STEVENS S
Citation
J. Loy et al., NO EVIDENCE FOR PREMENSTRUAL BEHAVIORAL-CHANGES IN CAPTIVE PATAS MONKEYS, Mammalia, 57(4), 1993, pp. 491-496
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Mammalia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00251461
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
491 - 496
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-1461(1993)57:4<491:NEFPBI>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Preliminary observations of captive female patas monkeys revealed no e vidence of significant changes in social and agonistic behaviors eithe r (a) broadly across the menstrual cycle or (b) specifically during th e premenstrual/menstrual-onset phase. Despite one report of PMS-like b ehaviors among wild baboons, at present there appears to be insufficie nt evidence to justify extending the PMS label to nonhuman primates.