Birth origin differentially affects depressive-like behaviours: are captive-born cynomolgus monkeys more vulnerable to depression than their wild-born counterparts?

BackgroundAdverse early-life experience might lead to the expression of abnormal behaviours in animals and the predisposition to psychiatric disorder (e.g.major depressive disorder) in Humans.Common breeding processes Trivet employ weaning and housing conditions different from what happens in the wild.MethodsThe present study, therefore, investigat

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