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Adenosine A2A and ATP receptors in PC12 cells
(2000-03-17)
PC12 cells, originally isolated from a rat pheochromocytoma, are widely used to study receptor pharmacology and nerve cell differentiation. They are the neoplastic counterpart of adrenal chromaffin cells, but upon treatment ...
Functional characterization of cytosolic and mitochondrial thioredoxin reductases
(2006-09-15)
Mammalian thioredoxin reductases (TrxRs) are homodimeric selenoproteins belonging to the nucleotide oxidoreductase family. They contain a C-terminal penultimate selenocysteine residue, which is kept reduced by the N-terminal ...
Parent-infant skin-to-skin contact studies : parent-infant interaction and oxytocin levels during skin-to-skin contact after Cesarean section and mother-infant skin-to-skin contact as treatment for breastfeeding problems
(2012-03-02)
The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the impact of early skin-to-skin contact on maternal, paternal and infant interaction immediately after Cesarean section and personality profile in mothers. Furthermore, ...