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PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY 卷:120
Testosterone and cortisol are negatively associated with ritualized bonding behavior in male macaques
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Rincon, Alan, V1,2  Heistermann, Michael3  Schuelke, Oliver1,2,4  Ostner, Julia1,2,4 
[1] Univ Goettingen, Johann Friedrich Blumenbach Inst Zool & Anthropol, Dept Behav Ecol, Gottingen, Germany
[2] Leibniz Sci Campus Primate Cognit, Gottingen, Germany
[3] Leibniz Inst Primate Res, German Primate Ctr, Endocrinol Lab, Gottingen, Germany
[4] Leibniz Inst Primate Res, German Primate Ctr, Res Grp Social Evolut Primates, Gottingen, Germany
关键词: Testosterone;    Cortisol;    Steroid/peptide theory;    Social bond;    Triadic male-infant-male interaction;    Barbary macaque;   
DOI  :  10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104774
来源: Elsevier
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Neuroendocrine research on the formation of social bonds has primarily focused on the role of nonapeptides. However, steroid hormones often act simultaneously to either inhibit or facilitate bonding. Testosterone is proposed to mediate a trade-off between male mating effort and nurturing behavior; therefore, low levels are predicted during periods of nurturing infant care and social bonding. In species where social bonding and support regulates hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity, we also expect glucocorticoid levels to be low during bonding periods. We investigated how immunoreactive urinary testosterone (iuT) and cortisol (iuC) were related to triadic male-infant-male interactions - a ritualized male bonding behavior - as well as infant care in male Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus). We collected > 3000 h of behavioral observation data during full-day focal animal follows from 14 adult males and quantified iuT and iuC from 650 urine samples. iuT was negatively correlated with rates of triadic interactions within subjects, but positively correlated between subjects. iuC was negatively correlated with triadic interactions both within and between subjects. Time spent caring for infants was positively correlated to both iuT and iuC within subjects, but not between subjects. The observed negative relationship between iuT and triadic interactions within subjects may be beneficial to lower competitive tendencies between adult males and to not inhibit bond formation. However, the positive correlation of iuT with triadic interactions between subjects was unexpected. We speculate that it could be due to a link between triadic interactions and coalition formation. A negative relationship between triadic interactions and iuC could reflect increased bonding and perceived social support as triadic interactions predict future coalition formation in this species, or reflect buffered tensions between males. The positive relationship of iuT and iuC with infant care suggests that the handling of infants may be less nurturing but rather protective or competitive in this species. Measuring steroid hormones in relation to bonding and nurturing can help us interpret behaviors within the ecological contexts that they occur.

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