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Coutinho, Eduardo. "Computational and psycho-physiological investigations of musical emotions." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1742.

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The ability of music to stir human emotions is a well known fact (Gabrielsson & Lindstrom. 2001). However, the manner in which music contributes to those experiences remains obscured. One of the main reasons is the large number of syndromes that characterise emotional experiences. Another is their subjective nature: musical emotions can be affected by memories, individual preferences and attitudes, among other factors (Scherer & Zentner, 2001). But can the same music induce similar affective experiences in all listeners, somehow independently of acculturation or personal bias? A consid

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GRANATO, MARCO. "EMOTIONS RECOGNITION IN VIDEO GAME PLAYERS USING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/607597.

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Video games are interactive software able to arouse different kinds of emotions in players. Usually, the game designer tries to define a set of game features able to enjoy, engage, and/or educate the consumers. Through the gameplay, the narrative, and the game environment, a video game is able to interact with players' intellect and emotions. Thanks to the technological developments of the last years, the gaming industry has grown to become one of the most important entertainment markets. The scientific community and private companies have put a lot of efforts on the technical aspects as

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Ng, H. Mei. "PHYSIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION: A POSSIBLE MECHANISM LINKING SELF-DISCLOSURE OF AN EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE TO HEALTH BENEFITS." Ohio : Ohio University, 2006. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1163549673.

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Herman, Aleksandra Maria. "The role of emotions and physiological arousal in modulating impulsive behaviour." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/80806/.

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Brindle, Ryan C. "Peripheral physiological mechanisms of cardiovascular stress reactivity." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2016. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/6428/.

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This thesis aimed to increase understanding of the underlying physiological sources of the substantial inter-individual variability in heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) reactions to acute psychological stress. This aim was achieved using a multi-method approach that included meta-analysis, laboratory studies, and prospective secondary analysis of epidemiological data. Chapter 2 implicated beta-adrenergic sympathetic activation and parasympathetic withdrawal in the cardiovascular stress response and showed that autonomic changes vary as a function of stress task, age, and sex. Chapter 3 d

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Duan, Xuchen. "Physiological and biological mechanisms of bisphosphonate action." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:36b0439d-2f89-4c1e-8bb3-941b4e6ee847.

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Bisphosphonates (BPs) are stable analogues of pyrophosphate widely used for the treatment of bone diseases characterised by increased bone resorption. Studies over the years have shown that the pharmacological potencies of BPs are dependent both on their binding affinities for bone mineral and on their inhibitory actions on osteoclasts. In addition, potential effects on other cell types present locally in the environment of skeletal tissues have been reported. The present study systematically evaluated the relative mineral-binding affinities of individual BPs of clinically relevance in mixture

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Casteriano, Andrea Veronica. "Physiological mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in Rhizobia." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10423.

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One of the main factors affecting the survival of rhizobia on seed is desiccation stress. The poor survival of rhizobia affects nodulation, nitrogen fixation and legume yield. A better understanding of desiccation tolerance and how it may be enhanced may contribute to the development of strategies to improve survival of rhizobia on seed. This study aimed to improve the survival of rhizobia by enhancing inherent mechanisms of desiccation tolerance through the manipulation of the growth medium. Accumulation of intracellular trehalose by rhizobia increases in response to osmotic and desiccation s

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Nicolas, Natalie Danielle. "Compositional Mechanisms in Popular Music: Emotional Affect on the Subconscious Mind." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/18853.

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How does popular twenty-first century music manipulate emotions of its mass audience? Music carries emotional valence, due to key basal psychological functions interacting with listeners as they undergo musical experience. This dissertation aims to identify how and why we are emotionally manipulated when experiencing music in our everyday contexts, to assist in the composers’ plight: altering emotions of a listener for a purpose. Experiencing emotion occurs in three steps: an arousal of nervous energy, a blocked tendency to react, and a build up of energy manifesting as emotion (MacCurdy, 20

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Segre, Paolo S. "Hummingbird maneuvering performance : aerodynamic mechanisms and physiological constraints." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/54584.

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The ability of a bird to maneuver in flight can determine its success at avoiding predators, catching prey, and other critical behaviors. Highly maneuverable animals, such as hummingbirds, are capable of diverse behaviors but it is unknown how their maneuvering is constrained by wing motion, wing morphology, and muscle capacity. The purpose of this dissertation was to determine: 1) if hummingbird wings create independent wakes; 2) if independent wingbeat kinematics are used to control maneuvers; and 3) how maneuverability is limited by intrinsic features, such as wing morphology, body mass, an

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Moulden, Drew Jeffrey Andrew. "Physiological mechanisms of task-switching in human subjects." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/8471.

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The nature, and timing, of the cerebral processes that are active when attention is switched between different tasks are not understood. The purpose of this research was to establish electrophysiological evidence for a two-stage, posterior-anterior cerebral processing model for the control of attention switching. Reaction Times (RTs) and Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) were recorded from 22 healthy young adults as attention was cued to switch between two visuomotor tasks. One task ("horizontal") involved determining whether a circle in one of the four boxes of a 2 x 2 grid was in the left or r

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Moulden, Drew J. A. "Physiological mechanisms of task-switching in human subjects." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0016/NQ46536.pdf.

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Liu, Juhong. "Cobalt : physiological effects and uptake mechanisms in plants /." Title page, table of contents and summary only, 1998. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phl7835.pdf.

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Lindal, R. E. "Emotions in adolescents assessed through personality traits, self-report ratings, and physiological arousal." Thesis, University of York, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.373291.

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Dill, Jody C. "Paradoxical anger : investigations into the emotional and physiological predictions of Brehm's theory of emotional intensity /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841276.

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Tomás, Mir Magdalena. "Physiological mechanisms involved in water use efficiency in grapevines." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/84126.

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Booth, Paul James. "Physiological mechanisms mediating nutrition-reproduction interactions in the gilt." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.254056.

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McNulty, William. "Physiological mechanisms of lung volume reduction coils in emphysema." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/50161.

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Emphysema is characterised by airflow limitation that is a result of both loss of elastic recoil and small airways disease. It is poorly responsive to medical therapy. Lung volume reduction coils improve symptoms and lung function in the short term. However their mechanism of action and medium term effectiveness is not fully understood. Methods A randomised controlled study consisting of thirty patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was performed. Control patients crossed over to the treatment arm at 12 months. The primary outcome was 6 minute walk distance at 12 months. Ch

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Randle, Laura Elizabeth. "Pharmacological and physiological protective mechanisms in chemical-induced hepatotoxicity." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.420287.

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Sirman, Aubrey Erin. "Physiological Mechanisms Underpinning Growth and Aging in Wild Birds." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31708.

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Life-history trade-offs have been well-documented within the literature through correlational and experimental studies. However, the physiological mechanisms underlying these trade-offs are less understood. Currently, there is great interest in shared mechanisms, specifically endocrine mechanisms, that might underlie the variation in life-history traits. Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) may be one shared mechanism that is particularly important. IGF-1 is a metabolic hormone that is part of a highly conserved insulin-signaling pathway known to influence multiple life-history traits includin

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MASTINU, MARIANO. "Taste and Smell Physiological Mechanisms and Their Health Implications." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/11584/335558.

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Taste and olfaction play a key role in individuals’ behaviors, their interactions with the environment and memory processes, furthermore, they represent the most important factors influencing food preferences and therefore eating behavior, diet, metabolism, and health. Physiological variations or disorders in these two sensory modalities can have significant effects on the life’s quality or constitute risk factors for the onset of metabolism disorders, worsening nutritional status, overweight and obesity, or pathogenesis of different diseases. The purpose of this work was to investigate the fu

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Vescovi, Marco. "Molecular and physiological mechanisms of stress signalling in plants." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3422058.

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The aim of this PhD research project was the understanding of some molecular and physiological mechanisms involved in stress signalling in plants. When plants are exposed to environmental growth conditions far from the ideals, plants are under stress. Under stress conditions, plant growth and crop yield could be severely affected. In general, adverse growth conditions are caused by plant pathogens (biotic stress) and not ideal environmental conditions (abiotic stress) such as heat, cold, drought, lack of nutrients, and heavy metals. Plants experiencing biotic and abiotic stresses activate sign

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Slavich, George Michael. "Cognitive mechanisms of stress sensitization /." view abstract or download file of text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1188882951&sid=1&Fmt=2&clientId=11238&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006.<br>Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-143). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Cullen, Patrick K. "Neurobiological mechanisms of fear generalization." Thesis, Kent State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618903.

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<p> Contextual fear conditioning involves pairing a novel context (conditioned stimulus) with several footshocks (unconditioned stimulus) that serve to condition fear to that context. As the retention interval between training and testing increases context specificity is lost. In other words, the fear memory is no longer precise or context-specific, but has generalized to novel contexts at remote time points. In an attempt to investigate the neural pattern of an imprecise contextual memory trace as a function of time, we used fluorescent in situ hybridization to for Arc mRNA as a measure of ne

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Musick, James R. "Mechanisms of spike-frequency adaptation in hypoglossal motoneurons /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/10550.

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Szostak, Carolyn Margaret. "Dopaminergic mechanisms in conditioned circling." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29438.

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After unilateral lesions of the mesotelencephalic dopamine (DA) system, the administration of DA receptor agonists results in circling. This response is believed to reflect an asymmetry in mesotelencephalic DA activity. Moreover, drug-induced circling is thought to be directed away from the projection of higher dopaminergic activity. Recently, it has been reported that circling can be established and maintained using operant procedures in surgically intact and drug naive rats. The phenomenon of conditioned circling has been associated with an asymmetrical change in DA metabolism within the str

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Le, Gal Patricia Margaret. "Cognitive aspects of emotional expression processing." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1772.

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This thesis investigates the hypothesis that emotions play an influential role in cognition. Interference between facial emotional expression processing and selected tasks is measured using a variety of experimental methods. Prior to the main experimental chapters, the collection and assessment (Chapter 2, Exp. 1) of stimulus materials is described. Experiments 2-11 then concentrate on the likelihood of interference with other types of information from the face. Findings using a Garner design suggest that, although identity processing may be independent of expression variation, expression proc

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Moeller, Lisa Marie [Verfasser]. "Physiological characterization of chemosensory mechanisms in mice / Lisa Marie Moeller." Aachen : Hochschulbibliothek der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1065960441/34.

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Sharma, Abhishek. "The psychological and physiological mechanisms mediating human oesophageal pain hypersensitivity." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489007.

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JÃ¸ndrup, Pernille Maren. "Physiological mechanisms underlying the interactions between ozone, plants and insects." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.289174.

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Foubister, Louise E. "Signalling mechanisms driving cell guidance in a physiological electric field." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.400719.

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Endogenous electric fields (EFs) are present during development and regeneration. Enhancing the endogenous EFs during regeneration augments healing and blocking them attenuates it. Two well-characterised electrotropic systems, cultures of <i>Xenopus</i> spinal neurones and cultures of bovine corneal epithelial cells (CECs), were used to explore the molecular signalling cascades that underlie directed migration in an EF. Most growth cones of cultured <i>Xenopus</i> neurons and most CECs migrate towards the cathode. Directional migration of CECs on a grooved substratum was also investigated.

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Woodhams, Josephine. "Studies of photodynamic therapy : investigation of physiological mechanisms and dosimetry." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2006. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1445959/.

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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment for a range of malignant and benign lesions using light activated photosensitising drugs in the presence of molecular oxygen. PDT causes tissue damage by a combination of processes involving the production of reactive oxygen species (in particular singlet oxygen). Since the PDT cytotoxic effect depends on oxygen, monitoring of tissue oxygenation during PDT is important for understanding the basic physiological mechanisms and dosimetry of PDT. This thesis describes the use of non-invasive, optical techniques based on visible light reflectance spectrosco

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Pappaianni, Edoardo. "Shame on you! Cognitive mechanisms and neural correlates of shame." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/252594.

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Shame is a self-conscious emotion that characterizes the life of all individuals. It arises when a moral violation occurs and the person is judged negatively by others for a way of being that does not correspond to the standards of society. Although over the years it has been widely treated from a theoretical point of view, there are few attempts in the literature to approach it scientifically by psychologists and neuroscientists. Using an integrated approach, based on neuroimaging, behavioral and neuropsychological investigations, in this thesis we aimed to investigate what are the cognitive

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Pappaianni, Edoardo. "Shame on you! Cognitive mechanisms and neural correlates of shame." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Trento, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11572/252594.

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Shame is a self-conscious emotion that characterizes the life of all individuals. It arises when a moral violation occurs and the person is judged negatively by others for a way of being that does not correspond to the standards of society. Although over the years it has been widely treated from a theoretical point of view, there are few attempts in the literature to approach it scientifically by psychologists and neuroscientists. Using an integrated approach, based on neuroimaging, behavioral and neuropsychological investigations, in this thesis we aimed to investigate what are the cognitive

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Dodd, Jessica Amen Alexandra Fineman Stephanie. "Mechanisms of self-regulation associations between cognitive control and emotion regulation /." Diss., Connect to the thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10066/1427.

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Usmani, Shariq M. [Verfasser]. "Calcium signaling mechanisms in alveolar epithelial cells : Effects of physiological and patho-physiological perturbations / Shariq M. Usmani." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1019938889/34.

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Albanese, Marie-Claire. "Dissociation of the mechanisms of capsaicin actions on thermal and inflammatory pain." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30805.

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Capsaicin was applied to the sciatic and saphenous nerves of rats under anaesthesia. The time-course of the response to intraplantar formalin and formalin-induced c-FOS expression and alterations in substance P (SP) immunoreactivity (IR) were assessed in capsaicin-treated rats. The foot withdrawal latency to 48°C water was also recorded from 1--75 days after surgery. Formalin-induced pain was reduced by both capsaicin and its vehicle at the earliest test, 3 days after surgery. Formalin pain in the vehicle-treated group recovered by 14 days, and scores in the capsaicin-treated group remained de

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Zhou, Yuan, and 周嫄. "Ionic mechanisms of chloroform-induced cardiac arrhythmias." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43085325.

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Burton, Pamela Ann. "Physiological evidence of interactive object-based and space-based attention mechanisms." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 50.79Mb,139 p, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3157279.

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Chen, Zhongqi. "Physiological, transcriptomic and genomic mechanisms of thermal adaptation in Oncorhynchus mykiss." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/60316.

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Given the rate and magnitude of the ongoing global warming, there is some urgency to understand the underlying mechanism of thermal adaptation to evaluate and predict the ecological consequences. This thesis used Oncorhynchus mykiss from different thermal regimes to examine thermal adaptation at physiological, transcriptomic and genomic levels. Thermal tolerance was examined in three redband trout (O. mykiss gairdneri) populations from warm desert and cool montane climates (Idaho, USA), as well as in a domesticated rainbow trout (O. mykiss) strain raised in a thermally challenging environment

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Hart, Emma C. J. "The physiological mechanisms underpinning post-exercise reductions in left ventricular function." Thesis, Brunel University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.443319.

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Eccleston, Clair. "Physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the cardioprotective effects of dietary antioxidants." Thesis, University of Reading, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.409047.

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Nguyen, David P. 1977. "Physiological mechanisms of hippocampal memory processing : experiments and applied adaptive filtering." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45334.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2008.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-156).<br>The hippocampus is necessary for the formation and storage of episodic memory, however, the computations within and between hippocampal subregions (CA1, CA3, and dentate gyrus) that mediate these memory processing functions are not completely understood. We investigate by recording in the hippocampal subregions as rats execute an augmented linear track task. From these recordings, we construct ensemble rate representations using a point pr

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Harris, Rebecca. "Loneliness and health : physiological and cognitive mechanisms in adulthood and childhood." Thesis, University of Central Lancashire, 2014. http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/9721/.

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This thesis outlines a series of six studies that examine the potential cognitive and physiological mechanisms that underpin the association between loneliness and health. The current theoretical model (Cacioppo & Hawkley, 2009) proposes that loneliness is linked to poor health through hypervigilance to social threat (HSTH), resulting in increased activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The first two studies address gaps in the adult literature for loneliness and health and examine HSTH and the HPA axis stress response in real life social contexts: public speaking and meet

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Li, Xi. "Studies on fruit abscission mechanisms during physiological fruit drop in citrus." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/225672.

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Go, Christina Karen. "PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS AND MOLECULAR INSIGHTS INTO CA2+ ENTRY AND CLEARANCE MECHANISMS." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/533158.

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Biochemistry<br>Ph.D.<br>My studies seek to understand how Ca2+ signals are controlled by entry and clearance mechanisms, leading to pluripotent changes in cell fate. The Ca2+-dependent activity of transcription factor NFAT, which drives many changes in gene expression, was examined. Remarkably, overexpression of Ca2+-extruder PMCA4 increased NFAT activation in a splice variant-dependent manner. Partner of STIM1 (POST), rather than facilitating STIM1-mediated inhibition of PMCA4, accelerated clearance via close associations with PMCA4b and Orai1. Furthermore, it was found that PMCA4b markedly

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Mohammadi, Shabnam. "Molecular and Physiological Mechanisms of Toxin Resistance in Toad-Eating Snakes." DigitalCommons@USU, 2017. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5856.

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Many plants and animals are defended by toxic compounds, and circumvention of those defenses often has involved the evolution of elaborate mechanisms for tolerance or resistance of the toxins. Toads synthesize potent cardiotonic steroids known as bufadienolides (BDs) from cholesterol and store those toxins in high concentrations in their cutaneous glands. Those toxins protect toads from the majority of predators, including most snakes that readily consume other species of frogs. BDs exert their effect by inhibiting ion transport by the Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA). This ubiquitous transmembrane enzyme

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Bossert, Jennifer Marie. "Investigation of the neuropharmacological mechanisms of barbiturate reinforcement using the conditioned place preference paradigm." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82833.

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Drugs of abuse are thought to have the common action of increasing dopaminergie transmission in the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) pathway, specifically in the nucleus accumbens (NAc). However, sedative-hypnotics, including the barbiturates, are anomalous in that they appear to stimulate DA release from the NAc at doses that are generally lower than their reinforcing doses. The fact that barbiturates have a long history of abuse in humans and are potent reinforcers in laboratory animals, but are behaviourally reinforcing only at doses that decrease DA release from the NAc, raises questions ab

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Peta, Antonio <1990&gt. "Seeing emotions in others: Improving cognitive and neuronal mechanisms of facial expression processing." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2022. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/10180/1/PETA_THESIS_subAMS.pdf.

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In the conceptual framework of affective neuroscience, this thesis intends to advance the understanding of the plasticity mechanisms of other’s emotional facial expression representations. Chapter 1 outlines a description of the neurophysiological bases of Hebbian plasticity, reviews influential studies that adopted paired associative stimulation procedures, and introduces new lines of research where the impact of cortico-cortical paired associative stimulation protocols on higher order cognitive functions is investigated. The experiments in Chapter 2 aimed to test the modulatory influence of

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Davis, Christopher John. "Neuropharmacological investigations into the mechanisms of emesis caused by cytotoxic drugs and radiation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:b9afefde-a43e-415e-8754-ed2a8eaac620.

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Hesse, Christian Wolfgang. "Mathematical modelling for the integration of psychophysics and physiology in kinesthesia." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288572.

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This thesis examines the movement cues underlying human kinesthesia, using a combination of psychophysical methods and an analyticrrl framework for math<'1l1aticHI and statistical modelling of functional aspects of underlying physiological sensory mechanisms. Using an innovative psychophysical paradigm, the first experiment examines whether people are more sensitive to the occurrence of movement than to movement direction. Contrary to previous investigations, the findings are that the underlying sensitivity for movement detection and direction discrimination is the same. An analytical tool for

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