Neurons conduct electrical signals, and signals pass from one neuron to the next by the use of chemical substances in specialized contacts, synapses. In most synapses, the transmitter is the amino acid glutamate. <br> A ...

Appropriate T cell signaling is essential for the function of the human immune system. T cells regulate and direct the body’s response to foreign pathogens such as virus and bacteria, or threats from within in the form of ...

It is well established that exercise protect againsts chronic disorders such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), type 2 diabetes (DM2), dementia and depression. It is unclear how contracting skeletal muscles mediate metabolic ...

Signalmolekylene i hjernen kan enten stimulere eller hemme nabocellene. Det viktigste stimulerende signalmolekylet er glutamat. Holten og medarbeidere legger i denne avhandlingen fram data som bekrefter at også aspartat ...

TIDLIG OPPDAGELSE OG BEHANDLING AV PSYKOSELIDELSER (TIPS) Evidence-based, kunnskapsbasert, vitenbasert utvikling av helsetjenestene generelt, og av psykiatrihelsetjenestene spesielt, er sjeldnere enn vi liker å tro. Utformingen ...

Liver X Receptor og genregulering i morkaken (placenta).<br> Cand. Scient. Susanne Weedon-Fekjær har i sin doktorgrad studert rollene til transkripsjonsfaktorene Liver X Receptors (LXR) i morkake og morkakeceller hos ...

Organotypic cultures from the ventral mesencephalon (VM) are widely used to model Parkinson’s disease (PD). In this method, neurotoxic compounds have traditionally been applied to the media to induce a uniform dopaminergic ...

Vaccines using dendritic cells (DCs) harboring leukemic antigens to stimulate T cells is a possible treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Limitations of breaking tolerance to leukemic cells and lack of specific ...