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The roles of the dorsal and ventral hippocampus in fear and memory of a shock probe experience
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This thesis examined the effects of temporary inactivation of the dorsal or ventral hippocampus on unconditioned and conditioned fear, using the shock-probe test. Rats received either dorsal or ventral hippocampal infusions of Lidocaine, muscimol or saline, before or after exposure to an...
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Spring 2010
Pain and anxiety are common among patients having surgery and education is essential in enabling patients to cope with postoperative pain and anxiety and improve outcomes. Since there is a trend for shorter hospital stays and a scarcity of supportive healthcare resources, patients will be...
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Fall 2009
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent of all psychiatric conditions. However, current pharmacological treatments for anxiety disorders are characterized by one or more of the following deficiencies: 1) unwanted side effects, 2) partial efficacy, 3) addictive potential, and 4) delayed onset of...
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The changing causal foundations of cancer-related symptom clustering during the final month of palliative care: A longitudinal study
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Hanson, J., Hayduk, L., Quan, H., Olson, K., Strasser, F., Cui, Y., Lawlor, P., Cree, M.
Background: Symptoms tend to occur in what have been called symptom clusters. Early symptom cluster research was imprecise regarding the causal foundations of the coordinations between specific symptoms, and was silent on whether the relationships between symptoms remained stable over time. This...