Licentiatavhandlingar / Licentiate Theses - K8 (CNS)
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Post-migration stress and mental health among refugees : a population-based survey among refugees from Syria recently resettled in Sweden
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2021-05-31)Refugees are exposed to several risk factors for mental ill health before, during, and after the migration. While the impact of traumatic experiences on the mental health of refugees is well-known, the effect of adverse ... -
Between the lines : gambling among athletes and coaches in four elite sports
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2020-04-23)Background and aim: Knowledge of how gambling and problem gambling are distributed in different societal groups is valuable for developing preventive initiatives. Considering the financial connections between sports and ... -
Sickness absence and disability pension among individuals injured in a bicycle crash
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2020-04-21)Bicyclists are the road user group with the highest number of severe injuries, yet little is known about the impact of such injuries on sickness absence (SA) and disability pension (DP). Therefore, the aim was to increase ... -
Sickness absence, disability pension, and permanent medical impairment after a car crash
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2017-12-15)Background: Road traffic injuries constitute a major public health problem worldwide. Permanent medical impairment (PMI) is used as a measure of seriousness of injuries in Sweden. There is little knowledge on consequences ... -
Ascorbate in the ocular lens
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-09-27)Purpose: First, we intended to establish a method for sample preparation for measurement of ascorbate in whole rat and guinea pig lenses utilizing ultrafiltration and high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet ... -
Characterization of Eae4 and Eae19-22 in autoimmune neuroinflammation
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-02-17)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic inflammatory disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) with a prevalence of 1-211000 in the Northern European population. MS is caused by a combination of environmental ... -
Investigations or perimetry and gaze-stability in healthy and deceased retina
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-11-30)Our visual world is composed of images of colours, textures, edges and contrasts. In addition, these images may be moving or flickering. The goal of visual testing is to quantify these functions. Traditionally we have ... -
Cataract from ultraviolet radiation in the mouse
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-11-25)Cataract is defined as an opacification of the crystalline lens that results in visual impairment, Cataract is the number one cause of blindness in the world and there are currently no strategies to prevent it. Extraction ... -
Evaluation of the infrared reflection method for saccadic eye movement velocity analysis
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-12-29)Saccades are rapid eye movements that change the orientation of the eyes onto objects of interest. In an every day situation saccadic eye movements are used for e.g. reading, scanning objects and enviromnents. The ... -
Quantitative EEG analysis : temporal variability and clinical applications
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-09-30)The quantification of the EEG power (qEEG) in different frequency bands, and their spatial distribution improve the sensitivity of the technique, although questions have been raised about the reproducibility of the results. ... -
Sarcoplasmic body myopathy
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2005-10-13)In 1980 a new hereditary myopathy with adult onset was described in a swedish family. The most characteristic feature of this myopathy was the sarcoplasmic inclusion bodies (SB), seen in the muscle biopsies. Distal muscle ... -
Assessment of visual contrast function and effects of citicoline treatment in children with visual impairment
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2014-08-29)Purpose: The present studies address the questions if visual dysfunction in severely visually impaired children can be measured with contrast tests high or low, how it relates to their visual abilities assessed with ... -
Rehabilitation for persons with epilepsy : assessment of a comprehensive rehabilitation program
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2013-05-21)Epilepsy is one of the most common serious neurological disorders with an estimated prevalence of approximately 0.5%. In addition to the obvious medical risk associated with epilepsy, psychosocial consequences may be ... -
Visuo-motor performance in children visually impaired due to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2013-04-22)Purpose: To investigate the ophthalmological characteristics and to evaluate the magnocellular function in Russian orphanage children with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Methods: In the study 100 children aged 10-16 ... -
Experimental combination therapy of brain cancer cell models
(Inst för klinisk neurovetenskap / Dept of Clinical Neuroscience, 2012-11-21)Epigenetic alterations and aberrant expression of genes controlling epigenetic mechanisms have been identified in several cancers, including medulloblastoma and glioma, the most common primary brain tumors in children and ... -
Ethyl glucuronide : a new biochemical marker for acute alcohol intake : studies on possible causes for false-negative or false-positive results
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-02-17)In recent years, there has been a growing interest in various biochemical markers for detecting acute and chronic alcohol consumption. Biochemical markers for acute and chronic drinking play important roles in detecting ... -
Risk factors for criminal offending among men with schizophrenia
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2006-02-15)Background: There is consistent evidence for an association between schizophrenia and criminal offending. With better knowledge of the relation between schizophrenia and criminal offending, better and more cost-effective ... -
Prevention and intervention therapies in auditory trauma
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2009-01-16)Hearing impairment is one of the most common health conditions in developed countries. It is estimated that approximately 70 million people worldwide are deaf. For patients with a severe to profound hearing loss a cochlear ... -
The effect of chronic alcoholism on epigenetic patterns regulating gene expression and neurodegeneration in the human brain
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2007-01-12)Chronic alcoholism causes about 3.2% of all deaths worldwide. It has an association to about 60 different diseases and injuries with enormous social and economical impact. Despite these facts, very few pharmacological ... -
Psychosocial work conditions and musculoskeletal complaint : the role of affective stress response as a mediator of the effect of psychosocial risk factors on musculoskeletal complaints
(Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap / Department of Clinical Neuroscience, 2007-11-22)The hypothesis tested in these two studies was that unfavourable psychosocial work conditions are expected to increase the risk of musculoskeletal complaints (MSC), and that this effect is at least partly mediated by ...