Sökning: "VETERINARY MEDICINE Obstetrics and gynaecology"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden VETERINARY MEDICINE Obstetrics and gynaecology.
1. Behavioral effects of female sex steroid hormones : models of PMS and PMDD in Wistar rats
Sammanfattning : Background Animal models can be used to mimic human conditions of psychopathology, and also as pre-clinical models to evaluate candidate drugs. With hormonal treatment it is possible to produce behavior in the rat which corresponds to the mental symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), and pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). LÄS MER
2. Human-Human and Human-Animal Interaction : Some Common Physiological and Psychological Effects
Sammanfattning : The aim of the present thesis was to investigate hormonal and physiological effects in mothers during a breastfeeding session and in dogs and their owners in response to short-term interaction. In study one, sixty-six mothers receiving either exogenous oxytocin infusion and/or epidural analgesia (EDA) during labor or intramuscular oxytocin injection post partum were studied. LÄS MER
3. Cardiac disease in pregnancy and consequences for reproductive outcomes, comorbidity and survival
Sammanfattning : BackgroundAdvances in medical treatment during the last 50 years have resulted in more individuals with congenital heart disease (CHD) and Marfan syndrome reaching childbearing age. The substantial physiological changes during pregnancy result in a high-risk situation, and pregnancy is a major concern in women with these conditions. LÄS MER
4. Responses of bovine endometrial epithelial cells to pathogens
Sammanfattning : In dairy cows, clinical uterine infection (metritis) and subsequent persistent inflammation of the endometrium (endometritis) are major causes of infertility. Escherichia coli (E. LÄS MER
5. Hormones, Mood and Cognition
Sammanfattning : Ovarian steroid hormones are neuroactive steroids with widespread actions in the brain, and are thus able to influence mood, behavior and cognition. In this thesis the effects of progesterone withdrawal and the direct effects of the progesterone metabolite allopregnanolone are evaluated. LÄS MER