Publication Date:
2005-04-30
Description:
Dominance hierarchies occur in numerous social species, and rank within them can greatly influence the quality of life of an animal. In this review, I consider how rank can also influence physiology and health. I first consider whether it is high- or low-ranking animals that are most stressed in a dominance hierarchy; this turns out to vary as a function of the social organization in different species and populations. I then review how the stressful characteristics of social rank have adverse adrenocortical, cardiovascular, reproductive, immunological, and neurobiological consequences. Finally, I consider how these findings apply to the human realm of health, disease, and socioeconomic status.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sapolsky, Robert M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2005 Apr 29;308(5722):648-52.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Departments of Biological Sciences, Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, MC 5020, Stanford, CA 94305-5020, USA. sapolsky@stanford.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15860617" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Anxiety
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Behavior, Animal
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Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
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Catecholamines/metabolism
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Dominance-Subordination
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*Health Status
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Humans
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Hydrocortisone/metabolism
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Immune System/physiology
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Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
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*Primates/physiology/psychology
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Reproduction
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*Social Behavior
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Social Class
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*Social Dominance
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*Stress, Physiological/physiopathology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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