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The mental health care context and patient characteristics: Implications for provider job satisfaction
(Springer-Verlag; Association of Behavioral Healthcare Management, NCCBH, 2002-08)
This research examines job satisfaction among 282 staff providing mental health care to 574 patients with serious mental illness. The mental health staff worked in 18 Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient and outpatient ...
Ganglion cell acuity in hooded rats
(Elsevier, 1982)
Previous measurements of retinal ganglion cell acuity in hooded rats have differed significantly from behavioral tests of visual acuity. One possible source of this discrepancy is examined--that light deprivation in early ...
Effects of estrogen agonists on amphetamine-stimulated striatal dopamine release
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-08)
Based upon the observation that estrogen acts in the striatum to rapidly modulate dopamine (DA) neural transmission and DA-mediated behaviors, it has been postulated that these effects of estrogen are mediated by a specific, ...
The Symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adolescence and Adulthood
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-12)
This article describes the symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) manifested by 405 individuals between the ages of 10 and 53 years, all of whom had an ASD diagnosis. Data were collected using the Autism Diagnostic ...
Lesions of the central nucleus of the amygdala I: Effects on taste reactivity, taste aversion learning and sodium appetite
(Elsevier, 1993-12-31)
Bilateral damage to the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeAX) in the rat blunts need-induced NaCl intake and abolishes daily need-free NaCl intake when measured with a two-bottle test. Such a deficit could be the result ...
A signal generator for testing extracellular recording amplifiers and probes
(Elsevier, 1988-10)
A portable signal generator that simulates the amplitude and frequency of neuronal signals for testing extracellular recording amplifiers is described. The signal generator is easy to construct and it is extremely useful ...
Excitatory and inhibitory amino acid binding sites in human dentate nucleus
(Elsevier, 1991-09-27)
Autoradiography of excitatory and inhibitory amino acid binding sites in human dentate nuclei indicated virtually no binding to N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) or [gamma]-aminobutyric acidB (GABAB) binding sites, and a low ...
Susceptibility to sensitization. I. Sex differences in the enduring effects of chronic -amphetamine treatment on locomotion, stereotyped behavior and brain monoamines
(Elsevier, 1988-09-01)
There are sex differences in a number of behaviors elicited by amphetamine (AMPH). The purpose of the present experiment was to determine if there are also sex differences in the sensitization of the locomotor activity and ...
The use of informal and formal help: Four patterns of illness behavior in the black community
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1984-12)
Ventral hippocampal muscimol disrupts context-specific fear memory retrieval after extinction in rats
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2006-02)
Research aimed at understanding Pavlovian fear memory extinction has yielded considerable insight into the conditions under which fear memories may become inhibited. After extinction, Pavlovian fear memory retrieval is ...