BioBehavioral Assessment Program

BioBehavioral Assessment Program

The BioBehavioral Assessment (BBA) Program is a resource that is unique in the National Primate Research Centers system. The Program comprises a highly standardized series of assessments designed to quantify variation in basic indicators of psychological and physiological organization (anxiety, affect regulation, social attention and responsiveness, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal regulation, genotypes for 5-HTTLPR and MAOA-LPR) in infant rhesus monkeys. Begun in 2001, more than 5000 animals have been assessed, many of which are still living in the colony. Quantitative data from the BBA Program are available to qualified investigators for mining and hypothesis testing, and for subject selection for their own projects. For more information, contact BBAProgram@ucdavis.edu.