Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology / Inst för neurovetenskap och fysiologi: Recent submissions
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Person-centred care and communication disorders: Exploration and facilitation of conversational interaction involving people with acquired neurogenic communication disorders and health care providers
(2017-05-08)Functional communication is a prerequisite for person-centred care. However, the presence of acquired neurogenic communication disorders makes the delivery of person-centred care challenging for health care providers and ... -
Quality assessment of ADL instrument and evaluation of ADL ability in individuals with cervical spinal cord injury after reconstructive hand surgery
(2017-04-28)Abstract Background: A spinal cord injury (SCI) leads to dramatic changes in an individual’s life and the rehabilitation after the injury is a lifelong process. For persons with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI), the ... -
Diagnostic Methods in Traumatic Brain Injury
(2017-04-20)Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Early detection and quantification of TBI is important for acute management, for making early accurate prognoses of outcome, and ... -
Spouses long-term support to midlife stroke survivors - Consequences in a health economic perspective
(2017-04-07)Spouses of midlife stroke survivors often experience demands on family roles and professional life due to the impact of stroke, however knowledge concerning spouses’ support and the long-term consequences for their own ... -
The neuromodulatory effect, safety and effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation
(2017-03-22)Background Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an adjunctive palliative neuromodulatory treatment for drug resistant epilepsy (DRE) and chronic depression. It has also been proposed as a treatment for many other conditions ... -
Stochastic Vestibular Stimulation in Dopamine Related Disorders
(2017-03-13)Dopamine related disorders usually respond to dopaminergic drugs, but not all symptoms are equally responsive. In Parkinson’s disease (PD) in particular, axial symptoms resulting in impaired gait and postural control are ... -
From mice to men - astrocytes and neural progenitor cells in neural plasticity and regeneration
(2017-02-06)Astrocytes, a key homeostatic cell type in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), have various functions in health and diseases. In neurotrauma, stroke, epilepsy or neurodegenerative diseases, astrocytes become reactive, ... -
The Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Atherosclerosis - Targeting the Cholinergic Anti-inflammatory Pathway in Humans and Mice
(2017-01-20)The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has been implicated in numerous atherosclerosis-induced cardiovascular disease, such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Although evidence suggests a relationship between autonomic ... -
Se och hör mig. Personer med förvärvad dövblindhets erfarenheter av delaktighet, rehabilitering och medborgerligt liv
(2016-12-20)Introduction and objective: There are very few research studies about the experiences of living with deaf blindness. The objective of this dissertation is to capture the experiences of people with acquired deafblindness ... -
Nicotine sensitization and the effects of extended withdrawal - behavioral, neurochemical and electrophysiological studies in the rat
(2016-12-14)Tobacco use is one of the primary factors for global burden of disease and often results in life-long nicotine addiction, only a small percentage users are able to maintain cessation. The life-long addiction together with ... -
Long-term outcomes of epilepsy surgery - prospective studies regarding seizures, employment and quality of life
(2016-12-09)Epilepsy surgery is a treatment option for selected patients with drug-resistant epilepsy. Patients need individual pre-surgical counselling on chances of seizure freedom and other outcomes in a long-term perspective. The ... -
Brain mechanisms for skin stroking processing in healthy subjects and anorexia nervosa patients
(2016-12-01)Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) allows us to study brain processing of inputs from sensory neurons both at the level of single brain areas but also at the level of larger brain networks. In this thesis we ... -
Physiotherapist-led orthopaedic triage - assessment and management of musculoskeletal disorders in primary care
(2016-11-23)The overall aim of this thesis was to evaluate physiotherapist-led orthopaedic triage of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in primary care in comparison to standard practice. The thesis comprises two studies (A and ... -
The role of neonatal immunity in preterm brain injury
(2016-11-23)Perinatal brain injury is an important cause of mortality and morbidity and is associated with neurological disabilities such as those seen in cerebral palsy. Prematurity, especially in combination with very low birth ... -
How to support knowing and doing in promotion of health - Lessons learned from the Promoting Aging Migrants' Capabilities program
(2016-11-23)Worldwide, the number of persons aging in the context of migration increases. Aging and migration can influence a persons’ opportunities to experience health. There is a need to develop knowledge of how to facilitate ... -
Aggressive Antisocial Behavior: Risk Factors and Personality Profile
(2016-11-18)Background: There is an increasing knowledge that violent criminality is restricted to a group of individuals with early onset of behavioral problems. These problems often emerge in combination with substance abuse and ... -
Eating disorders, eating pathology and ESSENCE
(2016-11-03)BACKGROUND: Eating and mealtime problems are among the most common problems in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Despite this, no systematic way of exploring these problems has been available for persons ... -
Visual Function, Ocular Morphology and Growth – Children Born Moderate-to-Late Preterm
(2016-10-24)Introduction: In the past, researchers have closely studied both systemic and ophthalmological complications associated with extreme preterm birth. Moderate-to-late preterm (MLP) infants have become the fastest-growing ... -
Functional and molecular mechanisms behind glomerular kidney disease
(2016-10-05)Glomerulonephritis (GN) is one of the most common causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). In our studies, we investigated the molecular mechanisms behind GN on both transcriptomic and proteomic levels using a combined in ... -
Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Tractography of the Visual Pathways
(2016-08-31)The visual pathways are essential for human vision, stretching from the retinas of the eyes, via the anterior visual pathways and the optic radiations, to the primary visual cortex in the occipital lobe. Injury to these ...