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 ...

In observational epidemiology many studies rely on self-reported exposure information, which is prone to measurement errors and missing values. This may subsequently lead to bias in relative risk estimates of disease or ...

Regular physical activity has beneficial effects on health. The relations between exercise and health are not fully understood. Myokines are secretory peptides of skeletal muscle origin with auto-, para- or endocrine ...

I fire vitenskaplige arbeider, har vi studert data fra det Norske mammografi programmet (brystkreft screening programmet), med moderne statistiske metoder og kraftige datamaskiner. I det første arbeidet ser vi at risikoen ...

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disabling disease with unknown pathophysiology, but recent evidence suggests autonomic dysfunction. We have therefore explored cardiovascular and thermoregulatory autonomic responses. ...

RNA interference (RNAi) has become an invaluable tool for functional genomics. A critical use of this tool depends on an understanding of the factors that determine the specificity and activity of the active agent, small ...

Background This is a six-year prospective follow-up of a former cross sectional study of suicide attempters in a sample of treatment-seeking substance-dependent patients. The aims were to explore the frequency ...

Background Communication training builds on the assumption that understanding of the concepts related to professional communication facilitates the training. We know little about whether students' knowledge ...

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 ...