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Growth Hormone and Melanin-Concentrating Hormone receptor in the regulation of energy balance and metabolism
(2007-02-12)
Energy homeostasis – the balance of energy intake, expenditure, and storage – is controlled by autonomic regulation originating in the hypothalamus and the brain stem, which receive input from the periphery. Upon receiving ...
NEURAL STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS IN THE POST-ISCHEMIC ENVIRONMENT: Proliferation, Differentiation and Neuroprotection
(2007-06-04)
Stroke is one of the leading causes of chronic disability and death in the Western world. Today, no treatment can repair the cellular loss associated with an ischemic lesion. However, the discovery and dynamic regulation ...
Piperaquine - Bioanalys, drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics
(2007-09-14)
Malaria is one of the most abundant parasitic diseases in the world affecting many of the poorest economies. The estimated prevalence is 300 to 700 million clinical episodes each year with up to 3 million deaths. Piperaquine ...
Alzheimer’s Disease: effect of Tau-related genes on the pathology, neurochemistry and risk of disease
(2007-11-07)
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. The predominant sporadic form of AD is a genetically complex disorder probably involving a combination of genetic factors together with environmental ...
Orthoptic Findings and Visual Fixation in children in general and in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus
(2007-04-11)
Background: The ocular motor system is complex and dependent on the cooperation of many different areas of the brain. Ocular motor functions may be disturbed by various factors resulting in strabismus, and abnormal fixational ...
Autism syndromes in three behavioural phenotype conditions. A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum
(2007-04-12)
AUTISM SYNDROMES IN THREE BEHAVIOURAL PHENOTYPE CONDITIONS
A clinical psychiatric study of 76 individuals with Möbius sequence, CHARGE syndrome, and oculoauriculovertebral spectrum
Maria Johansson
Institute of ...
Mass spectrometry based proteomic strategies applied in the study of central nervous system derived cells
(2007-03-26)
This thesis focuses on evaluation, improvement and development of mass spectrometry based proteomic strategies for identification and quantitation of proteins. Development of such strategies is important to achieve a better ...
Boys with Asperger Syndrome grown up. A longitudinal follow-up study of 100 cases more than 5 years after original diagnosis
(2007-03-09)
Introduction and aims: In 1981, the diagnostic label of Asperger Syndrome (AS), was coined after the Austrian paediatrician Hans Asperger, by the English psychiatrist Lorna Wing, who reintroduced his 1944 work about “die ...
Sensory and secretory responses to intestinal distension; implications for the pathophysiology of the irritable bowel syndrome
(2007-06-18)
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gut disorder, characterized by abdominal pain and/or discomfort associated with disturbed bowel habits. The pathophysiology of IBS is complex and still largely unknown, although ...
Imaging of coronary artery function and morphology in living mice - applications in atherosclerosis research
(2007-05-04)
Atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries is the major reason for myocardial infarction and cardiovascular death. In the clinic, several imaging systems make it possible to study coronary artery function and morphology ...