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Nonlinear dynamics in behavioral systems.

American Psychologist ◽

10.1037/0003-066x.50.2.107 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 107-108 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Michael F. Halasz

Keyword(s):

Nonlinear Dynamics ◽

Behavioral Systems

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DISTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL MANDELBROT-HURST EXPONENTS: MOTOR ACTIVITY IN FETAL RATS OF COCAINIZED MOTHERS AND MANIC-DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS

Fractals ◽

10.1142/s0218348x95000783 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 03 (04) ◽

pp. 893-904 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

KAREN A. SELZ ◽

ARNOLD J. MANDELL ◽

CARL M. ANDERSON ◽

WILLIAM P. SMOTHERMAN ◽

MARTIN H. TEICHER

Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Motor Activity ◽

Motor Behavior ◽

Pregnant Rats ◽

Behavioral Systems ◽

Statistical Indices ◽

Manic Depressive ◽

The One ◽

Depressive Patients ◽

Hurst Exponents

Intermittency, in which the normalized weight of large fluctuations grows for increasingly longer statistical samples, is seen as irregular bursting activity in time and is characteristic of the behavior of many brain and behavioral systems. This pattern has been related to the brain-stabilizing interplay of the general mechanisms of silence-evoked sensitization and activity-evoked desensitization, which can be found at most levels of neurobiological function and which vary more smoothly and at much longer times than the phasic observables. We use both the global Mandelbrot-Hurst exponent and the distribution of local Mandelbrot-Hurst exponents, in combination with dynamical entropies, to quantitate the property of nonuniform persistence which we treat as both deterministically expansive and statistically diffusive. For example, varying the parameter of the one-dimensional, Manneville-Pomeau intermittency map generated time series which demonstrated systematic changes in these statistical indices of persistence. Relatively small doses of cocaine administered to pregnant rats increased statistical indices of expansiveness and persistence in fetal motor behavior. These techniques also model and characterize a breakdown of statistical scaling in 72-hour time series of the amount of motor activity in some hospitalized manic-depressive patients.

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Hormonal Control of Fish Reproductive Behavior: Brain–Gonadal Steroid Interactions

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ◽

10.1139/f82-006 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 36-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

L. S. Demski ◽

P. J. Hornby

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Behavior ◽

Sex Steroids ◽

Anterior Commissure ◽

Direct Action ◽

Hormonal Control ◽

Sufficient Evidence ◽

Brain Areas ◽

Behavioral Systems ◽

Goldfish Carassius Auratus ◽

Tentative Model

A number of hormones are known to influence reproductive behavior in teleosts. The best studied in this regard are the sex steroids estradiol and testosterone. Sufficient evidence is available to permit the outlining of possible modes of action of these hormones on mechanisms controlling reproductive responses in fishes. Autoradiographic studies using tritium-labeled steroids have revealed several brain areas with neurons that concentrate testosterone and estradiol in both males and females. An area near the anterior commissure (preoptic region and parts of the area ventralis telencephali) is of primary interest for behavioral systems. Electrophysiological experiments in goldfish (Carassius auratus) have demonstrated that both hormones strongly influence olfactory mechanisms. These effects may be mediated by steroid feedback on brain areas involved in centrifugal control of the olfactory bulbs. The neurological substrates for several behaviors which are thought to be androgen dependent have been studied using classical neurobehavioral methods. These include: spawning and sperm release in goldfish and sunfish (Lepomis sp.) and courtship and nestbuilding in sunfish. As of yet, a direct action of sex steroids on these systems has not been demonstrated; however, they all relate to the steroid-concentrating area mentioned above. Some of the systems are incorporated into a tentative model of the neural–hormonal mechanisms controlling reproductive behavior in male goldfish.Key words: reproductive behavior, fishes, brain, hormones, sex steroids, olfaction

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The family of the autistic child: A behavioral-systems view

Clinical Psychology Review ◽

10.1016/0272-7358(84)90001-1 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 227-239 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Sandra L Harris

Keyword(s):

Autistic Child ◽

Behavioral Systems ◽

The Family ◽

Systems View

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Ketamine-Assisted and Culturally Attuned Trauma Informed Psychotherapy as Adjunct to Traditional Indigenous Healing: Effecting Cultural Collaboration in Canadian Mental Health Care

Behavioral Sciences ◽

10.3390/bs11090118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (9) ◽

pp. 118

Author(s):

Sherry-Anne Muscat ◽

Geralyn Dorothy Wright ◽

Kristy Bergeron ◽

Kevin W. Morin ◽

Courtenay Richards Crouch ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Treatment Effectiveness ◽

Indigenous Health ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Therapeutic Effects ◽

Behavioral Systems ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Trauma Informed

Ketamine therapy with culturally attuned trauma-informed psychotherapy in a collaborative cross-cultural partnership may provide a critical step in the operationalization and optimization of treatment effectiveness in diverse populations and may provide a foundation for an improved quality of life for Indigenous people. Decolonizing Indigenous health and wellbeing is long overdue, requiring an equal partnership between government and Indigenous communities, built upon an aboriginal culture holistic foundation of balance of mind, body, social and spiritual realms, and within the context of historical and lived experiences of colonialism. Culturally attuned trauma-informed psychotherapy paired with ketamine—a fast-acting antidepressant that typically takes effect within 4 hours, even in cases of acute suicidality—may be uniquely qualified to integrate into an Indigenous based health system, since ketamine’s therapeutic effects engage multiple neuropsychological, physiological, biological, and behavioral systems damaged by intergenerational complex developmental trauma. Ketamine holds the potential to serve as a core treatment modality around which culturally engaged treatment approaches might be organized since its brief alteration of normal waking consciousness is already a familiar and intrinsic element of healing culture in many Indigenous societies. There is great need and desire in Indigenous communities for respectful and sacred partnership in fostering more effective mental health outcomes and improved quality of life.

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