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- Influence
The tail suspension test: A new method for screening antidepressants in mice
- L. Steru, R. Chermat, B. Thierry, P. Simon
- Psychology, Medicine
- Psychopharmacology
- 2004
A novel test procedure for antidepressants was designed in which a mouse is suspended by the tail from a lever, the movements of the animal being recorded. The total duration of the test (6 min) can… Expand
Unity in diversity: Lessons from macaque societies
- B. Thierry
- Biology
- 1 November 2007
The macaque radiation is as old as the hominin radiation, approximately 7 million years. After Homo, Macaca has the widest geographical range among primates, and both of these genera are present in… Expand
The Influence of Phylogeny on the Social Behaviour of Macaques (Primates: Cercopithecidae, genus Macaca)
- B. Thierry, A. Iwaniuk, S. Pellis
- Psychology
- 1 August 2000
The macaques are the most geographically widespread and behaviourally diverse primate genus. Many of the diversified features of social behaviour and organization in this genus have been attributed… Expand
Macaque evolution and dispersal in insular south-east Asia
- C. Abegg, B. Thierry
- Biology
- 1 April 2002
The evolution of primates is usually approached from the standpoint of adaptation and interspecific competition. However, climatic and eustatic changes associated with periodic glaciations have had a… Expand
The automated tail suspension test: A computerized device which differentiates psychotropic drugs
- L. Steru, R. Chermat, B. Thierry, J. Micó, R. Porsolt
- Psychology, Medicine
- Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and…
- 1987
1. Mice when suspended by the tail will alternate between active attempts to escape and immobility. Immobility like that measured in the behavioral despair test is reduced by a wide variety of… Expand
Distributed leadership in semifree-ranging white-faced capuchin monkeys
- J. Leca, Noëlle Gunst, B. Thierry, O. Petit
- Psychology
- Animal Behaviour
- 1 December 2003
Abstract We investigated the initiation of group movements in white-faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus capucinus, with the aim of determining whether a single individual with high dominance status… Expand
Functional significance of behavioral, morphological, and endocrine correlates across the ovarian cycle in semifree ranging female Tonkean macaques
- F. Aujard, M. Heistermann, B. Thierry, J. K. Hodges
- Biology, Medicine
- American journal of primatology
- 1998
The role of sexual displays in mating strategies and their reliability in indicating the time of ovulation has given rise to multiple explanations in nonhuman primates. In order to discriminate among… Expand
The Social Repertoire of Sulawesi Macaques
- B. Thierry, E. L. Bynum, +6 authors K. Watanabe
- Biology
- 2000
The social repertoire of Sulawesi macaques is presented, based upon data recorded both in the wild and from captive populations. The repertoire describes behaviors observed in social contexts,… Expand
Primate socioecology, the lost dream of ecological determinism
- B. Thierry
- Biology
- 1 March 2008
BERNARD THIERRYHow would we know when a theoryhas to be given up? Nobody is able toanswer this question. Contrary to thePopperian thesis, some counterevi-dence is not enough to falsify a wholetheory.… Expand
Delay Maintenance in Tonkean Macaques (Macaca tonkeana) and Brown Capuchin Monkeys (Cebus apella)
- M. Pelé, J. Micheletta, Pierre Uhlrich, B. Thierry, V. Dufour
- Psychology
- International Journal of Primatology
- 1 February 2011
Animals commonly face choices requiring them to wait and postpone action. The ability to delay gratification is a prerequisite for making future-oriented decisions. We investigated the ability of… Expand