Leveraging a translational research approach to drive diagnostic and treatment advances for autism

KJ Parker - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a prevalent and poorly understood neurodevelopmental
disorder. There are currently no laboratory-based diagnostic tests to detect ASD, nor are …

Heritability of social behavioral phenotypes and preliminary associations with autism spectrum disorder risk genes in rhesus macaques: A whole exome sequencing …

C Gunter, RA Harris, Z Kovacs‐Balint… - Autism …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nonhuman primates and especially rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) have been
indispensable animal models for studies of various aspects of neurobiology, developmental …

Rhesus macaque social functioning is paternally, but not maternally, inherited by sons: potential implications for autism

JP Garner, CF Talbot, LA Del Rosso, B McCowan… - Molecular Autism, 2023 - Springer
Background Quantitative autistic traits are common, heritable, and continuously distributed
across the general human population. Patterns of autistic traits within families suggest that …

Tales from the life and lab of a female social neuroscientist

KJ Parker - Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2023 - Elsevier
This narrative review charts my unconventional path to becoming a social neuroscientist and
describes my research findings–some baffling, some serendipitous, some pivotal–in the field …

Naturally occurring low sociality in female rhesus monkeys: A tractable model for autism or not?

O Oztan, LA Del Rosso, SM Simmons, DKK Nguyen… - Molecular Autism, 2024 - Springer
Background Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by persistent social interaction
impairments and is male-biased in prevalence. We have established naturally occurring low …

The relationship between personality, season, and wounding receipt in zoo‐housed Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata): A multi‐institutional study

CR Doelling, KA Cronin, SR Ross… - American journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
It is important to those managing Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) in captive settings
to understand predictors of wounding. While studies have demonstrated that season …

Rhesus monkey sociality is stable across time and linked to variation in the initiation but not receipt of prosocial behavior

CF Talbot, JE Madrid, LA Del Rosso… - American journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rhesus monkeys and humans are highly social primates, yet both species exhibit
pronounced variation in social functioning, spanning a spectrum of sociality. Naturally …

Is individual temperament related to behaviors in a social context for a Neotropical parakeet species?

GAP Ramos, CS de Azevedo, DDC Lovestain… - Applied Animal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The relations of temperament dimensions obtained in tests traditionally used to assess
interindividual differences with long-term behaviors and social rank of animals are poorly …

Is this worth the trouble? Strategic conflict management in Tonkean macaques

S Ballesta, H Meunier - Iscience, 2023 - cell.com
Conflict management entails preventing and repairing damages resulting from social
conflicts. While previous research has emphasized post-conflict actions like reconciliation …

Autism-associated biomarkers: test–retest reliability and relationship to quantitative social trait variation in rhesus monkeys

O Oztan, CF Talbot, E Argilli, AC Maness, SM Simmons… - Molecular autism, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) exhibit pronounced individual
differences in social traits as measured by the macaque Social Responsiveness Scale …