Search for dissertations about: "brainstem"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the word brainstem.

  2. 16. Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) as Objective Support in Diagnosing Childhood ADHD and ASD

    Author : Emma Claesdotter; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; []
    Keywords : ADHD ASD ABR CANTAB;

    Abstract : AbstractBackgroundThere is a need for easily administered objective tests in neurodevelopmental disorders. We investigated the clinical utility for child and adolescent psychiatry of Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) and Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) as support in diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). READ MORE

  4. 17. Leptin targets in the brain regulating body weight : receptors and down-stream mediators of leptin in neurons of the hypothalamus and brainstem

    Author : Marie-Louise Håkansson Ovesjö; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : AGRP; antibody; arcuate nucleus; blood-brain-barrier; body weight; brainstem; CART; CRH; DMX; food intake; GABA; GAD; galanin; hypothalamus; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; lateral hypothalamic area; leptin; leptin receptor; MCH; NPY; obesity; Ob-R; Ob-Rb; oxytocin; paraventricular nucleus; POMC; somatostatin; serotonin; STAT3; supraoptic nucleus; transcription factor; vasopressin; VGAT;

    Abstract : Obesity is a disease which has become a global epidemic that is beginning to replace undernutrition and infectious diseases as the most significant contributor to ill health in the world. In particular, obesity is associated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and coronary heart disease. READ MORE

  5. 18. Regulation of cardiorespiratory homeostasis in adult and developing rat by catecholamines : effects of hypoxia

    Author : Julie Peyronnet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : hypoxia; brainstem; catecholamines; chemoreflexe; ventilation; perinatal rat;

    Abstract : The aims of the present study were as follow 1) to characterise the neuroplasticity of sympathetic ganglia in the adult rat, after exposure to long-term hypoxia and/or axotomy of the superior cervical ganglion (SCG). The cellular distributions of TH (tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in catecholamine biosynthesis) and VIP (vasointestinal peptide, which enhances the expression of TH) were examined. READ MORE

  6. 19. Apnea and infection in neonates : mediatory role of interleukin-1Beta and prostaglandin E2

    Author : Annika Olsson Hofstetter; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : respiration; interleukin-1Beta; prostaglandin E2; newborns; rodents; brainstem;

    Abstract : The breathing pattern of infants, particularly preterm infants, is often irregular or periodic and is frequently interrupted by apnea. The latter represents a major concern in haematology, yet much remains unknown about its incidence, appearance, and pathophysiology. READ MORE

  7. 20. Respiratory activity in medulla oblongata and its modulation by adenosine and opioids

    Author : Eric Herlenius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Adenosine; opioids; brainstem; perinatal rat; respiration; medulla oblongata;

    Abstract : From the moment of birth the complex neuronal networks generating breathing has to function continuously and adapt to the new postnatal environmental demands. This thesis aims at studying the perinatal development of respiratory control and its modulation by adenosine and opioids. READ MORE