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1	Childhood cat bites and disorganized symptoms of schizotypy in adulthood Kolpakova, Jenya 01 May 2013 (has links) During recent years of schizophrenia research, many etiologies have been emphasized, some of them implicating infectious and autoimmune diseases. Many different infectious agents have been examined, but the root seems to stem from the secondary autoimmune deregulation, which can be caused by different infectious agents. Among the effects that autoimmune deregulation has on the body, one prominent effect is on the brain, resulting in either severe or mild encephalitis. The mild encephalitis that has been implicated as one of the causes of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders has been associated with different pathogens, many of which can be transmitted by the household cat. Thus in the present research we have used the schizotypy personality construct model as an analog for schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and the relationship between current schizotypy and childhood household cat interactions were examined. An online questionnaire was completed by 356 undergraduate students and assessed the current schizotypy using the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire Brief Revised (SPQ-BR), as well as questions about cat ownership and cat bites (puncturing skin) prior to age 13. While no significant relationship was found between childhood cat ownership and current schizotypy, individuals endorsing a cat bite prior to age 13 (N = 66) reported a significantly higher level of current overall schizotypy, which was largely driven by the Disorganized factor of the SPQ-BR.. This relationship should be explored further by examining the antibodies and sera of individuals with the schizophrenia spectrum disorder. Psychology
2	Fixed-point-free actions of Coxeter groups on three-dimensional CAT(0) cell complexes Patterson, Cody Lynn 20 October 2010 (has links) A group W is said to have property FA_n if every action of W by isometries on an n-dimensional CAT(0) cell complex has a global fixed point. We construct a complex on which a Coxeter group W acts by cellular isometries without global fixed points, and show that under certain combinatorial conditions, complexes constructed in this way are CAT(0). We then construct several infinite classes of Coxeter groups which have property FA_2 but not property FA_3. / text Coxeter groups CAT(0) CAT(1) FA_n
3	Effects of litter size and sex of young on behavioural development in domestic cats Mendl, M. T. January 1986 (has links) No description available. 611 Cat behavioural development
4	Discharges of motor cortical neurones during locomotion in the cat Hancock, J. January 1985 (has links) No description available. 611 Cat physiology
5	The role of cat motor cortex in skilled locomotion Amos, Andrew John January 1989 (has links) No description available. 590 Cat movement study
6	Anatomical and physiological studies of the olivocerebellar system in the rat and the cat Apps, R. January 1988 (has links) No description available. 611 Neurophysiology of rat/cat
7	Classification and projection strength of muscle spindle afferents Rodgers, Justin Fraser January 1995 (has links) No description available. 612 Cat; Succinylcholine; Neurophysiology
8	The functional and pharmacological organisation of neurones in lamina C of the feline dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus Lynch, R. C. J. January 1988 (has links) No description available. 611 Neurophysiology of cat eyes
9	Structural and functional inter-relationships of the dorsal column nuclei with other somaesthetic mechanisms in the cat Enevoldson, T. P. January 1982 (has links) No description available. 611 Cat anatomy-neurophysiology
10	The areal extent and summative properties of complex cell receptive fields in cat striate cortex Munden, Iona M. E. January 1992 (has links) No description available. 590 Visual cortex of the cat

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