Theses - Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
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Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation
(2019-12-01)The project aimed to provide a mechanistic understanding of the effect of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress on the differentiation of trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), placental development, and subsequent pregnancy outcome. To ... -
Serotonin and Threat: from Gene to Behaviour
(2020-07-01)Anxiety and fear are emotions provoked by threatening situations and shape adaptive behaviours, but excessive and uncontrollable anxiety and fear form core symptoms of anxiety disorders. High trait anxiety, an individual’s ... -
Magnetic resonance imaging studies of cardiac changes in diabetic and hypertensive rats
(2001-05-29)Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was applied as a non-invasive technique to characterize, for the first time, the structural and functional changes in the left and right ventricles following induction of diabetes in ... -
Signalling and transcriptional regulation of human primordial germ cell specification
(2020-04-25)Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the precursors of gametes, are specified in early post-implantation human embryos, which are inaccessible for direct investigation. This process can however be modelled using human embryonic ...
