Community perceptions of natural disasters and post-disaster mental health services.

This research was designed to examine the cognitive and affective responses of residential dwellers in the aftermath of a natural disaster (a flood). In a 2 X 3 factorial design, the effects of fear (High, Medium, and Low) and sex on perceptions of the disaster were assessed. The results indicated that respondents who were highly fearful of the disaster were more likely than moderate or low fear respondents to believe that: a) additional flooding would occur in their vicinity, and b) that they resided closer to the flood zone than they actually did.

Neurons in layer I of the developing occipital cortex of the rat.

This paper describes the neurons in layer I of the rat occipital cortex, and traces postnatal changes in the numbers and morphology of the different cell types therein. Golgi-Cox and Nissl material from adults and from 0.5,2,4,6,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,20,24,28 and 35 day-old rats, was utilized.

Postnatal growth of neuronal perikarya in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat.

The cell bodies of relay neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat achieve their adult size 16 days after birth, the greatest increases occuring between days 4-6 and days 14-15. Perikarya of intrinsic neurons continue to grow up to at least day 20. Perikaryal growth and the growth and maturation of the dendritic tree of relay neurons are synchronous.

The postnatal development of neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the rat: a Golgi study.

The postnatal differentiation of neurons in the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the albino rat was studied using the Golgi-Cox technique. At least four animals were used at postnatal ages 12 hours, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 35 days and adult. Presumptive thalamo-cortical projection cells (Class A cells of Grossman et al.

Characterization of a triglyceride hydrolase secreted by canine liver maintained in vitro.

These studies demonstrate that canine liver synthesizes a TGH activated by C-I but not by C-II. This TGH has properties similar to lipoprotein lipase C-I isolated from postheparin plasma of human subjects, but differs from a previously reported liver triglyceride-lipase or protamine insensitive-lipase in its sensitivity to NaCl and protamine sulfate, as well as in its requirement for a serum cofactor, C-I. These data suggest the possiblity that, in dogs, liver is a source of plasma LPLC-I.

Purified postheparin plasma lipoprotein lipase in primary hyperlipoproteinemias.

Purified postheparin plasma lipoprotein lipase (LPL) of normolipidemic and primary hyperlipoproteinemic subjects was characterized by lipoprotein C polypeptide activation and specificity for triglycerides in chylomicrons and VLDL. Chromatography of normal LPL on Sephadex G-100 resulted in two protein peaks, LPLC-1 (activated by C-I but not C-II) and LPLC-II (activated by C-II but not C-I). LPL from type I hyperlipoproteinemic subjects was not activated by C-I and C-II activation was reduced to 40% of control.