Psychology & Neuroscience: Recent submissions
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In vivo and in vitro studies of positive allosteric modulation of the NMDA receptor
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisDysfunction of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is thought to contribute to the cognitive deficits of many neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. Cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease can be ... -
Attention regulation and behavioural flexibility in rats with relevance to schizophrenia
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisSchizophrenia is a neuropsychological disorder in which the neural systems which regulate attention allocation, primarily the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, are dysfunctional, resulting in deficient gating of attention ... -
Practice mentors' attitudes and perspectives of interprofessional working, and interprofessional practice learning for students : a mixed-methods case study
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThe demands on health and social care organisations require professions to work more collaboratively. During pre-registration training, health care and social work students learn within practice settings, supported by ... -
Understanding collective action in repressive contexts : the role of perceived risk in shaping collective action intentions
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-20) - ThesisThe aim of the present research is to advance a general predictive model of the social psychological processes underlying collective action in contexts where collective action is met with significant repression by the ... -
The development and neuromodulation of motor control systems in pro-metamorphic Xenopus laevis frog tadpoles
(University of St Andrews, 2014) - ThesisMy thesis has accomplished 3 significant contributions to neuroscience. Firstly, I have discovered a novel example of vertebrate deep-brain photoreception. Spontaneously generated fictive locomotion from the isolated ...