Search for dissertations about: "NGF"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the word NGF.

  2. 16. Endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoid effects in a model of allergic airway inflammation

    Author : Susanna Kumlien Georén; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Airway; allergy; asthma; eosinophil; glucocorticoids; hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal HPA axis; inflammation; nerve growth factor NGF ; neuroimmunology; psychoneuroimmunology; restraint; stress;

    Abstract : Allergic asthma and rhinitis are inflammatory diseases of the airways. Allergic asthma is characterized by eosinophilic inflammation, reversible bronchoconstriction and airway hyperresponsiveness, whereas patients with rhinitis suffer from nasal inflammation, leading to rhinorrhea and nasal congestion. READ MORE

  4. 17. Nerve Growth Factor and its association to osteoarthritis in the horse

    Author : Anna Kendall; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Osteoarthritis is common in horses and is a cause of pain and compromised welfare. Osteoarthritis-associated pain in horses is currently diagnosed by subjective and objective measurements of joint pain; however, there is a need to develop methods for evaluation of the systemic osteoarthritic pain that has been recognised in other species. READ MORE

  5. 18. Tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels in neuropathic pain

    Author : Jenny Fjell Hjelmström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : spinal sensory neurons; nociceptor; IB4; tetrodotoxin; sodium channels; SNS PN3; NaN SNS2; gene regulation; NGF; GDNF; in situ hybridization; immunofluorescence; sodium currents; neuropathic pain models; Taiep;

    Abstract : Injury to the peripheral nervous system can cause neuropathic pain. Abnormal sodium channel activity has been implicated as a source of ectopic firing and changes in nociceptive threshold following nerve injury. READ MORE

  6. 19. Histochemical, biochemical and electrophysiological studies on dorsal root ganglion cultures : focusing on galanin, neuropeptide Y and glutamate

    Author : Nora Kerekes; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Acute and long-term DRG cultures; aFGF; BDNF; bFGF; bradykinin; excitability; galanin; glutamate; leukemia inhibitory factor; neuropeptide Y; : NGF; regeneration; whole cell patch clamp.;

    Abstract : Galanin (Gal) and neuropeptide Y (NPY) are two peptides, which are strongly up- regulated in a population of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons after peripheral nerve injury (axotomy). Both peptides may be involved in the control of pain sensation, especially after nerve injury (neuropathic pain). READ MORE

  7. 20. Neurothrophins in the development of the gustatory system and teeth

    Author : Christopher A Nosrat; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Gustation; gustatory; taste buds; neurotrophins; NGF; BDNF; NT-3; NT-4; GDNF; GFRalpha-l; GFRalpha-2; knockout; innervation; development; tooth; tooth development; odontogene sis. Christopher A. Nosrat; 1997;

    Abstract : Flavors of taste are detected by a set of microscopical cellular aggregates called the taste buds, present in different arrangements on the upper surface of the tongue and other areas in the mouth. Taste buds are chemosensors that can detect different taste qualities such as sweet, sour, bitter, salt and umami. READ MORE