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6. Hypocortisolism in recurrent affective disorders
Sammanfattning : Bipolar disorders and recurrent depressions are two common psychiatric disorders with a life time prevalence of approximately 1% and 8%, respectively. Despite treatment these patients suffer from affective symptoms up to 50% of the time, resulting in lower well-being. LÄS MER
7. Quantification of Fat Content and Fatty Acid Composition Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Sammanfattning : In obesity and several other disease scenarios, the measurement of fat accumulation in various organs and tissues has become a sought-after technique in clinical diagnostics and research. Especially, quantitative and non-invasive techniques which also provide images of accumulated fat throughout the body would be valuable. LÄS MER
8. Psychomotor disturbances in bipolar disorder : investigations using structural and functional neuroimaging
Sammanfattning : Psychomotor disturbances in bipolar disorder are an expression of alterations in volition, cognition, emotion and motor control. While psychomotor disturbances remain a classic hallmark of severe mood disorders, there is limited knowledge about its mediators and neural correlates. LÄS MER
9. Molecular epidemiology of complex heritable disease : applications in genomics and metabolomics
Sammanfattning : Modern high-throughput molecular technologies (collectively referred to as “omic” platforms) are generating unprecedented amounts of data on human variation. The four papers in this thesis each investigate and characterize associations between common, complex, heritable disease, and genetic or metabolomic markers from omic platforms. LÄS MER
10. Mental illness in chronic kidney disease : prognosis, drug utilization, and treatment outcomes
Sammanfattning : Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a common yet heterogeneous condition, covering a wide spectrum of disease severity ranging from mildly decreased kidney function to kidney failure. Patients with CKD can often encounter mental health conditions that are related to poor prognosis. LÄS MER