The Effects of CW (Chemical Warfare)-Related Chemicals on Social Behavior and Performance

Abstract

This report summarizes work accomplished in the second year of three year project aimed at developing a battery of tests of social behavior and performance that will be sensitive to the effects of Chemical warfare-related chemicals considered for use as antidotes or prophylactics against Chemical Warfare agents. Procedures for assessing social behavior in nonhuman primates are described and compared. Performance scores on three operant schedules, a test of complex problem solving, and behavior in a novel environment are presented and correlations between the social and performance variables are examined. The effects of atropines on several of the social and performance measures are reported as are data from plasma hormone assays for cortisol and prolactin. Keywords: Social behavior, Operant, Performance, Stress, Diazepam, Pyridostigmine, Caffeine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA190430

Entities

People

  • Bradford N. Bunnell
  • W. B. Iturrian

Organizations

  • University of Georgia

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Warfare
  • Classification
  • Computers
  • Diurnal Variations
  • Extinction
  • Human Behavior
  • Macaca Fascicularis
  • Macaque Monkeys
  • Medical Personnel
  • Monkeys
  • Observation
  • Operating Systems
  • Primates
  • Psychology
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Students
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Neurotoxicology
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.