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Role of Central Amygdala Opioids in Incentive Motivation: Translating Learning into Focused and Amplified 'Wanting'.
(2009)
Wanting a reward like food is different from liking it, and the brain processes these sensations separately. Components of the limbic system mediate both, and here I examined how different neurochemical signals (opioids ...
Fertility Change in Central Asia: How Marriage Timing & Contraceptive Use are Evolving in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan.
(2011)
Kyrgyzstan has undergone great societal change since gaining independence from the USSR in 1991. While government and economic shifts have affected many aspects of daily life, what effect have policy changes had on family ...
The Effects of Urban Residential Environments on Mental Well Being: A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhood Stability, Middle Income Composition and Depression in Detroit.
(2007)
Neighborhood residential stability is widely considered to be beneficial to the health of neighborhoods and the people who live in them, but may influence health differently depending on neighborhood income composition. ...
Computational Modeling of Updating Operations in the Performance of Basic Verbal Working-Memory Tasks.
(2007)
Verbal working memory is a mental system for the temporary maintenance and manipulation of information supporting ongoing performance. The ability to update knowledge representations in working memory is critical to this ...
Constitutions, Cleavages and Coordination: A Socio-Institutional Theory of Public Goods Provision.
(2009)
Why do some developing democracies outperform others in the provision of health and education? This dissertation explores a socio-institutional theory of why politicians choose to allocate resources either broadly across ...
Race, Socioeconomic Position and Depression: The Mental Health Costs of Upward Mobility.
(2009)
The relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and depression among African Americans was explored in this dissertation. Several SEP indicators, specifically household income, education, parental education, net ...
Role of Noradrenergic Signaling in the Basolateral Amygdala in Habituation to Repeated Stress.
(2009)
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is an important stress-responsive system, but overactivity of the HPA axis can be detrimental to the physiological and psychological health of the organism. HPA activity ...
The Impact of News Media Frames of Type 2 Diabetes on the Public's Health Policy Opinions.
(2008)
Public opinion may be an important influence on policy development to improve population health and reduce disparities. Yet little is known about the public’s opinions about the determinants of health or the impact of the ...
Health Care Seeking for Intimate Partner Violence in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.
(2010)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has a high prevalence in many nations and is a serious public health problem. IPV is associated with health problems as well as high medical expenditures. Both IPV and health care seeking ...
Transitioning: The History of Childbirth in Puerto Rico, 1948-1990s.
(2008)
This dissertation documents and analyzes the dramatic transformations in birthing practices that accompanied broader economic, political and cultural shifts in Puerto Rico during the latter half of the twentieth century. ...