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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)Plasticity mechanisms such as long-term potentiation (LTP) are believed to underlie the formation and maintenance of memories. LTP induction stimulates downstream signalling pathways that lead to changes in gene expression ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2017)The reticular thalamic nucleus (RTN) is a thin band of neurons that lies between the cortex and the rest of the thalamus. Most of the inputs to the nucleus are from collateral axons of thalamocortical and corticothalamic ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)Absence epilepsy refers to a group of genetic, generalized epilepsy syndromes associated with absence seizures, which are especially common in children and juveniles. Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is the most prevalent ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2016)The development of a positive energy balance occurs during pregnancy to support the growth of fetal and maternal tissues, and to increase energy stores in preparation for the metabolic demands of lactation. Leptin levels ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2016)Schizophrenia is a debilitating chronic mental disorder with prominent frontal and hippocampal dysfunction. While the exact cause of schizophrenia is poorly understood, a number of factors, including neurodevelopmental ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2016)Prolactin signalling through the prolactin receptor plays a significant role in many physiological processes. The diverse biological functions attributed to prolactin are largely dependent on the distribution of its receptor. ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2008)The role of the anterior neck muscles in cervical dysfunction has become an area of interest in the physiotherapy literature, resulting in the development of new methods for assessing and treating dysfunction of these ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2016)Pervasive sex differences between male and female brain development have been implicated in neurodevelopmental disorders featuring a distinct sex bias, such as autism. To further our understanding of sex differences we ...
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(Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2016)ABSTRACT Cytosine methylation is perhaps the most dynamic and best-studied form of epigenetic modification. Occurring predominantly in the CG dinucleotide context within mammalian genomes, it is essential for normal ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Maternal stress is associated with negative health consequences for both the mother and her offspring. To prevent these adverse outcomes, activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is attenuated during ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Interhemispheric inhibition is the inhibitory influence exerted from one hemisphere of the brain to the other, and is thought to oppose motor activation in the opposite hemisphere during unimanual movement execution. Stroke, ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)The median eminence represents the interface between the hypothalamus and the portal blood, allowing access to the anterior pituitary and thus regulation of its secretion. The structure of the blood brain barrier at the ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)The Lapita cultural complex is associated with the Austronesian expansion out of Island Southeast Asia beginning approximately 3,500 BP. Sites associated with this archaeological culture have been found from the coast of ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2001)The main impetus of this research was to assess the role of infectious disease, particularly malaria, on the success of human settlement in the prehistoric Pacific Islands. A significant difference in the disease environments ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2016)Prostate cancer (PCa) is a common malignancy being the second most diagnosed cancer and sixth leading cause of male cancer death worldwide. PCa may present itself in several ways; slow growing and relatively benign, or ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)This thesis provides the first description of circulating anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in older men. AMH is a gonadal hormone, with overt function in the generation of the male phenotype during development, and a biomarker ... -
(Thesis, Master of Science, 2016)Introduction: Back pain affects much of the population, no one structure within the spine is responsible for this symptom. However some structures play a larger role in back pain than others. The facet joints of the spine ...
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(Thesis, Master of Science, 2016)Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons that reside in the hypothalamus are the central drivers of reproduction. GnRH stimulates the release of the gonadotropins luteinising hormone (LH) and follicle stimulating ... -
(Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2016)Bone disease and injury is expected to increase in the near future due to an ageing population, causing social and economic burden due to disability and lowered quality of life. Critical sized defects, the smallest bony ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)Regenerative capacity differs greatly across organisms, with many species only being able to regenerate a limited number of cell types. Unfortunately, from an evolutionary perspective, regenerative power correlates inversely ...
