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Neuroscientist/Psychiatrist Takes Helm at Flagship Primate Research Center

Neuroscientist/Psychiatrist Takes Helm at Flagship Primate Research Center AFTER a 16-year tour of duty, Frederick A. King, PhD, an outspoken defender of animal research, retired September 1 as director of Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. His replacement, Thomas R. Insel, MD, a psychiatrist-turned-neuroscientist, is the first physician to head what is widely regarded as the flagship of the seven primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). With its large colonies of 10 monkey species, gibbons (the lesser ape), and all four species of great apes, the Yerkes center is a major site for basic research into cardiovascular disease, congenital vision defects, AIDS and other infectious diseases, Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, fertility control, and many other areas of biomedicine as well as studies in social behavior and conservation (see following article). King, who led the Yerkes center during its period of maximum growth and maximum opposition from the animal rights http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Neuroscientist/Psychiatrist Takes Helm at Flagship Primate Research Center

Skolnick, Andrew A.
JAMA , Volume 272 (12) – Sep 28, 1994
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1994 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1994.03520120017005
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Abstract

AFTER a 16-year tour of duty, Frederick A. King, PhD, an outspoken defender of animal research, retired September 1 as director of Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. His replacement, Thomas R. Insel, MD, a psychiatrist-turned-neuroscientist, is the first physician to head what is widely regarded as the flagship of the seven primate research centers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). With its large colonies of 10 monkey species, gibbons (the lesser ape), and all four species of great apes, the Yerkes center is a major site for basic research into cardiovascular disease, congenital vision defects, AIDS and other infectious diseases, Parkinson's disease, drug addiction, fertility control, and many other areas of biomedicine as well as studies in social behavior and conservation (see following article). King, who led the Yerkes center during its period of maximum growth and maximum opposition from the animal rights

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Published: Sep 28, 1994

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