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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...