Ongoing projects

• Development of the HPA axis and reactivity to stress in infant and juvenile rhesus macaques
   

                                          Relevant Publications

D. Maestripieri, F.L. Martel, C.M. Nevison, M.J.A. Simpson, E.B. Keverne.
    Anxiety in rhesus monkey infants in relation to interactions with their mother and other social
    companions.
    Developmental Psychobiology, 24: 571-581, 1992.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen.
    Interest in infants varies with reproductive condition in group-living female pigtail macaques
(Macaca nemestrina).
    Physiology & Behavior, 57: 353-358, 1995.
K. Wallen, D. Maestripieri, D.R. Mann.
    Effects of neonatal testicular suppression with a GnRH antagonist on social behavior
    in group-living juvenile rhesus monkeys.
    Hormones and Behavior, 29: 322-337, 1995.
J. L. Zehr, D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen.
    Estrogen increases female sexual initiation independent of male responsiveness in
    rhesus monkeys.
    Hormones and Behavior, 33: 95-103, 1998.
D. Maestripieri, J. L. Zehr
    Maternal responsiveness increases during pregnancy and after estrogen treatment in macaques.
    Hormones and Behavior, 34: 223-230, 1998.
D. Maestripieri.
    Changes in social behavior and its hormonal correlates across pregnancy in
    pig-tailed macaques.
    International Journal of Primatology, 20: 707-718, 1999
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    1: Social interactions during late pregnancy and early lactation.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 35-42, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    2: Mother-infant interactions.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 43-49, 2000.
D. Maestripieri.
    Biological bases of maternal attachment.
    in: Foundations in Social Neuroscience.
    Ed. By J. T. Cacioppo, G. G. Berntson, R. Adolphs, C. S. Carter, R. J. Davidson,
    M. K. McClintock, B. S. McEwen, M. J. Meaney, D. L. Schacter, E. M. Sternberg,
    S. J. Suomi, S. E. Taylor. MIT Press, pp. 749-753, 2002.
F. C. Graves, K. Wallen, D. Maestripieri.
     Opioids and attachment in rhesus macaque abusive mothers.
     Behavioral Neuroscience, 116: 489-493, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen.
     Nonhuman primate models of developmental psychopathology: problems
     and prospects. In: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Psychopathology. Ed. by
     D. Cicchetti & E. Walker, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 187-214, 2003.
J. R. Roney, J. C. Whitham, M. Leoni, A. Bellem, N. Wielebnowski, D. Maestripieri.
     Relative digit lengths and testosterone levels in Guinea baboons.
     Hormones and Behavior, 45: 285-290, 2004.
D. Maestripieri, S. G. Lindell, A. Ayala, P. W. Gold, J. D. Higley
     Neurobiological characteristics of rhesus macaque abusive mothers and their
     relation to social and maternal behavior.
     Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 29: 51-57, 2005.
D. Maestripieri, J. D. Higley, S. G. Lindell, T. K. Newman, K. McCormack, M. M. Sanchez.
     Early maternal rejection affects the development of monoaminergic systems and adult
     abusive parenting in rhesus macaques.
     Behavioral Neuroscience, 120: 1017-1024, 2006.
D. Maestripieri, K. M. McCormack, S. G. Lindell, J. D. Higley, M. M. Sanchez.
     Influence of parenting style on the offspring's behaviour and CSF monoamine metabolite
     levels in crossfostered and noncrossfostered female rhesus macaques.
     Behavioural Brain Research, 175: 90-95, 2006.
D. Maestripieri, S. G. Lindell, J. D Higley
    Intergenerational transmission of maternal behavior in rhesus macaques and its underlying mechanisms.
    Developmental Psychobiology, 49: 165-171, 2007.
M. M. Sanchez, O. Alagbe, J. C. Felger, J. Zhang, A. E. Graff, A. P. Grand, D. Maestripieri, A. H. Miller.
     Activated p38 MAPK is associated with decreased CSF 5-HIAA and  increased maternal rejection during infancy in rhesus monkeys.
     Molecular Psychiatry, 12: 895-897, 2007.
D. Maestripieri, C. L. Hoffman, R. Fulks, M. S. Gerald.
     Plasma cortisol responses to stress in lactating and nonlactating female rhesus macaques.
     Hormones and Behavior, 53: 170-176, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
     The role of the brain serotonergic system in the origin and transmission of adaptive
     and maladaptive variations in maternal behavior in rhesus macaques.
     In: Neurobiology of the Parental Mind (ed. by R. Bridges).
     Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 163-173, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
     Neuroendocrine mechanisms underlying the intergenerational transmission of maternal
     behavior and infant abuse in rhesus macaques.
     In: Hormones and Social Behavior. Ed. by D. Pfaff, Y. Christen, et al.
     Berlin: Springer, pp. xx-xx, 2008.
C. S. Barr, M. L. Schwandt, S. G. Lindell, J. D. Higley, D. Maestripieri, D. Goldman, S. J. Suomi, M. Heilig.
     Variation at the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) influences attachment behavior in infant primates.
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 105: 5277-5281, 2008.
D. Maestripieri.
     Neurobiology of social behavior.
     In: Primate Neuroethology (ed. by M. Platt & A. Ghazanfar).
     Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press.
 

Kai M. McCormack. The effects of maternal maltreatment on the behavioral and neuroendocrine development of the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) infant: the first 6 months. PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia, 2003.