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  Brain Regions Responding to Endogenous Prolactin during Pregnancy and Lactation 

  McFadden, Sarah Louise (Thesis, Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences with Honours, 2013)

  There is an increased incidence of dysfunctional mood disorders postpartum, affecting approximately 10-20% of all women. Postpartum mood disorders can have devastating effects on the mother, and lead to altered relationships ...
• Raloxifene along with curcumin analogue RL91, a combinational approach against hormone refractory prostate cancer 

  Mazumder, Aloran (Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)

  Background: Approximately 80% of prostate cancer patients undergoing hormone therapy progress within 12-18 months to a hormone insensitive form of the disease known as hormone refractory prostate cancer. The median survival ...
• Glial glutamate transporter regulation of extrasynaptic NMDA receptor-mediated excitation in supraoptic nucleus neurons 

  Joe, Natalie (Thesis, Master of Science, 2013)

  Magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) of the supraoptic nucleus (SON) project their axons to the posterior pituitary gland where they release the hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin, into the periphery in proportion to ...
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  Body Weight Regulation During Pregnancy in the mouse 

  Fieldwick, Diana Maria (Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2013)

  Leptin is an adipose-derived hormone that acts in the hypothalamus to regulate energy homeostasis by decreasing appetite and increasing metabolic rate. During pregnancy, food intake and fat deposition increases, despite ...
• CT Investigation of Thoracic Intervertebral Disc Morphometry 

  Fletcher, Justin Geoffrey Revell (Thesis, Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours, 2013)

  Background: Despite being prone to degenerative disease and other pathology, relatively little is known of the morphology and morphometry of thoracic intervertebral discs in comparison to discs in the cervical and lumbar ...

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