Rose R M, Berstein I S, Gordon T P
Psychosom Med. 1975 Jan-Feb;37(1):50-61. doi: 10.1097/00006842-197501000-00006.
Four adult male rhesus monkeys formed a new social group with 13 adult females. The male who became dominant [alpha] showed a progressive increase in plasma testosterone. The male who became subordinate to the other three males showed an 80% fall in testosterone from baseline levels. After 7 weeks, this group was introduced to a well-established breeding group, and all four males became subordinate to all members of the breeding group. All four males evidenced a fall in testosterone during the first week after introduction, and within 6 weeks their levels were approximately--80% of pre-introduction values. The alpha male of the breeding group showed a large increase in testosterone [238%] 24 hr after he successfully defended his group and became the dominant animal of the larger, newly-formed group. Thus, plasma testosterone levels appear to be significantly influenced by the outcome of conflict attendant to alterations in status of rhesus monkeys living in social groups.
四只成年雄性恒河猴与13只成年雌性恒河猴组成了一个新的社会群体。成为主导（阿尔法）的雄性猴子血浆睾酮水平逐渐升高。在其他三只雄性猴子之下的雄性猴子睾酮水平从基线水平下降了80%。7周后，这个群体被引入一个成熟的繁殖群体，所有四只雄性猴子都从属于繁殖群体的所有成员。所有四只雄性猴子在引入后的第一周睾酮水平都有所下降，并且在6周内它们的水平约为引入前值的80%。繁殖群体的阿尔法雄性猴子在成功保卫其群体并成为新形成的较大群体的主导动物24小时后，睾酮水平大幅上升[238%]。因此，血浆睾酮水平似乎受到恒河猴在社会群体中地位改变所伴随的冲突结果的显著影响。
