Studies of psychosocial influences on coronary artery atherogenesis in cynomolgus monkeys.
The cynomolgus macaque provides a suitable primate model for studying how psychosocial factors contribute to coronary artery atherogenesis. Important interactions with diet, sex, and behaviorally elicited cardiovascular reactivity are described.
Manuck
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SB
Clinical Psychology Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
Kaplan
J R
JR
Adams
M R
MR
Clarkson
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TB
D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004291:Dominance-Subordination; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008297:Male; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology