Search for dissertations about: "oxytocin signaling"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words oxytocin signaling.

  2. 1. New perspectives on pathology in Huntington's disease - characterization of hypothalamic changes

    Author : Sanaz Gabery; Translationell neuroendokrinologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Huntington’s disease; huntingtin; hypothalamus; oxytocin; vasopressin; orexin; CART; neuroendocrinology; MRI; 3 Tesla; volymetric analysis;

    Abstract : Huntington’s disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of the CAG repeat in the huntingtin gene. Non-motor symptoms and signs such as psychiatric disturbances and metabolic dysfunction are also part of the disease manifestation. These symptoms often precede the motor symptoms by decades. READ MORE

  4. 2. Epigenetic dysregulation in relation to psychiatric traits in adolescence and adulthood

    Author : Adrian Desai Boström; Helgi B. Schiöth; Daniel Nätt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; methylome-wide; DNA methylation; hypersexual disorder; microRNA; oxytocin signaling; psychiatry; hsa-miR-4456; microRNA-4456; MIR4456; epigenetic dysregulation; microRNA expression; gene target prediction; epigenetics; suicide; suicide attempt; HPA axis; CRH gene; Epigenetics; Methylation; Adolescent depression; MIR4646; methylome-wide association study; Omega-3; mQTL analysis; GAD1; HDAC3; DAWBA;

    Abstract : Epigenetics has evolved into a key research focus in the field of psychiatry. DNA methylation is the most researched epigenetic mechanism. In paper I-III, 130 and 93 adolescents were randomly recruited at two separate intervals. READ MORE

  5. 3. 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

  6. 4. Body fat regulating neuropeptides: relation to interleukines and gut microbiota

    Author : Erik Schéle; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; IL-6; IL-6 receptor a; obesity; hypothalamus; brainstem; immunohistochemistry;

    Abstract : Previous studies have shown that mice lacking interleukin-6 (IL-6), an important cytokine in the immune system, develop obesity, and that central, but not peripheral, administration of IL-6 induces energy expenditure. These findings suggest that IL-6 suppresses fat mass through the central nervous system. READ MORE