Search for dissertations about: "mineralocorticoids"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word mineralocorticoids.

  2. 1. Gluco- and mineralocorticoid receptor regulation of regional brain neurotrophism

    Author : Anita Christiane Hansson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Neurotrophins; BDNF; NT-3; bFGF; FGF receptor; immediate early genes; c-fos; antisense oligodeoxynucleotides; adrenalectomy; stress; glucocorticoids; mineralocorticoids; glucocorticoid receptor; mineralocorticoid; receptor in situ hybridization.;

    Abstract : Gluco- and mineralocorticoid hormones exert powerful actions on brain function and are important in the mediation of the stress response and the survival of hippocampal neurons. The aim of this thesis was to study the influence of glucocorticoid (GR)/mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) actions on brain neurotrophism including analyses of immediate early genes (IEGs) and of feedback responses on GR and/or MR. READ MORE

  4. 2. The kallikrein-kinin system in primary hypertension : dynamics of circulating components of the kallikrein-kinin system in relation to the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system

    Author : K. Peter Öhman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : aldosterone; angiotensin Il; blood pressure; human; prekallikrein; renin; tissue kallikrein; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Kinins are potent vasodilatory and blood pressure lowering peptides, with additional effects on renal handling of electrolytes and water. The kallikrein-kinin system consists of two separate entities, one confined to the circulation and the other to both tissues and the circulation. READ MORE

  5. 3. Effects of endocrine disruptors on adreno-cortical and Leydig cell steroidogenesis

    Author : Vichit Supornsilchai; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Endocrine disrupting chemicals EDCs ; steroidogenesis; Leydig cells; adrenocortical cells; steroidogenic acute regulatory protein StAR ; steroidogenic enzymes;

    Abstract : A common sequential pathway for steroidogenesis, designed to produce steroid hormones, is expressed in the adrenal cortex, testes and ovaries. In this process, cholesterol is converted to all known steroids by specific enzymes in a tissue-specific manner. READ MORE