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Properties of the solutions of the mathematical model introduced by Danziger and Elmergreen for the study of periodic catatonic schizophrenia are studied, and it is shown that the properties established suggest that the model can be used to study other forms of catatonic schizophrenia besides periodic catatonic schizophrenia.
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The research in this paper was supported by the U.S. Army Research Office (Durham) (Grant No. DA-ARO-D-31-124-G1098) and by a Rutgers Research Council Faculty Fellowship.
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Cronin, J. The Danziger-Elmergreen theory of periodic catatonic schizophrenia. Bltn Mathcal Biology 35, 689–707 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458370
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