Popular Abstract in Swedish POPULÄRVETENSKAPLIG SAMMANFATTNING (Popularized summary in Swedish) Alkohol inta's för sina effekter på hjärnan och ger upphov till välbehagskänslor och berusning. Alkoholmissbruk är dock skadligt för hjärncellerna. När alkoholmissbruket dessutom är för långvarigt, uppstår förändringar i hjärnan, som avser att kompensera för alkoholeffekten, vilket medför att alkohol mThis thesis focused on the mechanisms involved in the effects of long-term ethanol treatment on mAChRs and their coupled-signal transduction pathway in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells. All 5 subtypes of mAChRs were expressed in these cells. Acute ethanol exposure induced a minor and transient decrease in the number of cell surface mAChRs, which could not account for the previously described pron

Under de senaste decennierna har forskningen kring den yngre järnålderns och äldre medeltidens samhälle alltmer kommit att handla om förekomsten av storgårdar. Genom arkeologin ges möjlighet att få en inblick i den materiella kultur som präglade dessa storgårdar. Hur såg den här tidens storgårdar egentligen ut, vilken typ av byggnader fanns och vad säger gårdarnas sammansättning av olika typer av

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has recently been forwarded as a critical regulator of inflammatory conditions, and it has been hypothesized that MIF may have a role in the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Hence, we examined effects of MIF immunoneutralization on the development of allergen-induced eosinophilic inflammation as well as on lipopol

The notion of animal welfare and of how to define it has been widely discussed within the literature. However, an integrative model, regarded to mirror the scope of animal welfare science and the ethical aspects of human treatment of animals directly related to the animals, has won some popularity the last 10-15 years. Thus the subjective experience of the animal, the health or fitness of the anim

The chapter describe the early implementation of safety alarms in Sweden and the result of a study at a service centre i Linkoping.

In today’s society people are overwhelmed with information about different kinds of heating systems. The purpose of this study is to examine the factors that impact households when they make decisions on heating systems, and also how households value different types of information on the subject. Four Swedish municipalities were chosen for closer examination. Municipal energy advisors and represe