THE PRIMATE INFORMATION CENTER 
AS A RESEARCH TOOL 
IN STUDIES OF THE HEART AND LUNG 
Maryeva W. Terry* 
The Primate Information Center can assist with liter- 
ature research for projects involving nonhuman pri- 
mates in several ways. It can provide published norms 
on many variables, determine if there are previous 
related studies, or provide citations on fundamental 
structure and function. Such searches can be restricted 
to a single genus or species of nonhuman primate or 
can cover all genera. 
INTRODUCTION 
Beyond biological considerations, a unique 
advantage to use of non-human primates as 
subjects of biomedical studies is availability 
of a literature search service dealing exclusively 
with these animals. The Primate Information 
Center is prepared to expedite literature re- 
search in several ways. 
It can provide data on normal cardiovascular, 
respiratory, hematologic and blood chemical 
variables in any species of nonhuman primate 
that has been studied in this regard. A number 
of tabulations of variables relevant to cardio- 
vascular research are available (see below). In 
addition abstracts on such variables as heart 
rate, respiratory rate and minute volume are on 
file and can be duplicated in response to specific 
requests. 
It can determine whether there has been pre- 
vious attempts to develop a model of a clinical 
syndrome in nonhuman primates. If such efforts 
have been made, the Information Center will 
provide the relevant citations, regardless of 
whether the attempt was successful or unsuc- 
cessful. Conversely, it can provide citations on 
effects of specific experimental manipulations. 
It can provide bibliographies for any or all 
species of nonhuman primate on the basic struc- 
ture and function of the cardiovascular and 
respiratory systems, spontaneous occurrence 
* Regional Primate Research Center at the University of Washing- 
ton, Seattle, Washington. 
of diseases also seen in man, transplantation 
studies, pharmacologic studies, or research 
methodology. 
It can provide recurrent service on any bib- 
liography, so that new citations on the original 
search topic will be forwarded as soon as they 
are processed. 
It can provide a weekly listing of recent cita- 
tions on all areas of primate research and the 
addresses of the authors, so that reprints may 
be requested. This service is called Current Pri- 
mate References. 
HOW TO OBTAIN SERVICE 
All these services are available without 
charge. Operation of the Information Center is 
wholely subsidized by the Regional Primate Re- 
search Center, which is supported by grant 
RR00166 from the Animal Resources Branch 
of the National Institutes of Health. The user 
need only contact the Primate Information 
Center, Regional Primate Research Center SJ- 
50 of the University of Washington, Seattle, 
Washington 98195. 
Normal Values 
The papers listed below may be obtained alone 
or with supplemental abstracts related to a 
given primate species. Abstracts on other vari- 
ables may be obtained by specifying the vari- 
able; restriction of the request to a particular 
species is not necessary, but will be honored. 
Owing to the volume of material in these files, 
requests for all normal values, even if restricted 
to a particular species, cannot be honored. 
The available tabulations, covering all non- 
human primate species for which data were 
available, and the dates of their preparation 
are : 
Cholesterol and Other Plasma Lipids. 1972 
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