Search for dissertations about: "opiate"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the word opiate.
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1. Enterostatin - target proteins and intracellular mechanisms. Function in food intake and energy metabolism
Abstract : Hunger and satiety are the results of complex neural events that involve several neurotransmitters and peptides. Enterostatin is an appetite-regulating peptide released in the intestine in response to fat ingestion. Enterostatin specifically decreases fat intake, but has also metabolic effects like inhibition of insulin secretion. READ MORE
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2. Toxicological studies of opiate-related death
Abstract : This thesis comprises studies on opiate overdose death, and focuses on evaluation of toxicological characteristics including the possible influence of abstinence and polydrug use for the fatal outcome. In order to identify and classify drug abusers, a screening method for several drugs of abuse was developed and applied on randomly selected autopsy cases. READ MORE
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3. Mechanisms of opiate tolerance and dependence in the rat
Abstract : Drug addiction is a complex phenomenon with various biological, psychological and social causes and consequences, which belongs to the major problems of today's society. Opiates have been used and misused for thousand of years and addiction to them develops both in humans and in animals. READ MORE
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4. In vitro and postmortem studies of the brain opioid system : association to opiate dependence
Abstract : Opioids such as heroin are highly addictive illicit drugs. The μ opioid receptor (MOR) plays a central role in mediating the effects of opiates and related opioid. READ MORE
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5. Hepatitis C virus infection in patients receiving opiate substitution therapy in Sweden
Abstract : The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood borne virus effectively spread through injection practices. Consequently, people who inject drugs (PWID) are at the center of the current HCV epidemic in industrialized countries, with regards both to prevalence and incidence. READ MORE