Browsing PhD Dissertations - DO NOT EDIT by Author "Fuchs, Perry N."
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Examining The Impact Of Opioid Withdrawal On Pain Processing: The Influence Of Social Isolation Stress
Uhelski, Megan Lynne (Psychology, 2011-07-14)The use of opioids as a traditional treatment for acute and chronic pain has been severely hindered by the addictive nature of these substances and the pain relief they provide. Clinical reports suggest that opioid addicts ... -
Insensitivity To Pain In Schizophrenia: An Examination Of Sensory And Affective Pain Processing In An Animal Model
Boyette Davis, Jessica (Psychology, 2009-09-16)Patients with schizophrenia have been shown to display decreased sensitivity to pain, which can severely compound the impact of injuries and illnesses. Currently, the reasons for pain insensitivity in this population are ... -
Investigating Intra-Island Translocation as a Conservation Strategy for the Turks and Caicos Iguana: The Impact of Homing and Stress
Wagener, Tarren Kay; 0000-0002-4203-8264 (2016-12-15)The Turks and Caicos iguana, Cyclura carinata, is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature due to introduced mammals and habitat alteration from human development. Inter-island ... -
The Role Of The Infralimbic Cortex In A Pain Intensity-graded Rodent Model Of Distraction Analgesia
McNabb, Christopher T. (Psychology, 2014-09-17)The misdirection of attention has been used to reduce experimental and clinical pain- a technique known as distraction analgesia (DA). A growing understanding of the important interrelationship between cognition and pain ... -
The Hierarchical Aversiveness of Two Simultaneous Pains within an Operant Approach Avoidance Paradigm
Salcido, Celina Antionette (2019-08-06)Pain is a subjective, private, yet universal phenomenon that depends on a unique combination of sensory, affective, and evaluative characteristics. Although preclinical models have been used to understand much of pain ...