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The University of Kansas Medical Center Graduate Student Council, Faculty Research Committee, and Graduate Studies hold a Student Research Forum each spring. The purposes of the forum are:

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To recognize outstanding student research in the Schools of Allied Health, Graduate Studies, Medicine, and Nursing
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Student Research Forum 2006 [78]

Abstracts and presentations from SRF 2006. (Restricted access)

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Omega-3 fatty acids, central nervous system development

Hertzig, Lindsay (2006-07-07)

Docosohexaenoic acid (DHA; 226n-3) is an omega-3 fatty acid critical for normal brain function. DHA in humans is incorporated late in gestation and postnatally, during periods of rapid brain development. We hypothesized ...
Neurological symptoms in female carriers of the fragile X mental retardation premutation gene

Doerflinger, Melanie (2006-07-07)

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is caused by an expanded trinucleotide repeat in the fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1). Premutation alleles (55-200 CGG repeats) of FMR1 are known to contribute to the fragile X phenotype ...
Age-related mechanisms in traumatic brain injury - why are outcomes worse in the elderly?

Onyszchuk, Gregory (2006-07-07)

Each year, traumatic brain injury (TBI) claims over 50,000 lives, and leaves 35% of survivors with long term disabilities. Elderly adults often suffer greater morbidity and mortality from TBI. Despite the large and ...
Procedural learning and functional ability in people with Parkinson's disease

Parab, Shweta (2006-07-07)

Background: It has been shown that people with lesions of the basal ganglia including Parkinson’s disease (PD) have impaired procedural learning, but the functional significance of this deficit is uncertain. Purpose: The ...
Development of a schistosoma mansoni

Hansen, Philip (2006-07-07)

Through the use of Schistosoma mansoni antigens we attempted to develop a non-invasive assay that would diagnose an infection of intestinal schistosomiasis. We isolated parts of the Schistosoma mansoni parasite shed ...
Ouabain acts through the Na,K-ATPase to stimulate proliferation in ADPKD

Nguyen, Anh-Nguyet (2006-07-06)

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is characterized by multiple fluid-filled cysts resulting from increased proliferation and alterations in the fluid transport properties of the renal epithelium. The ...
Caerulein-induced trypsinogen activation and acinar cell injury in different murine strains

Champion, Thomas (2006-07-06)

Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory disorder of the pancreas. Most progress in research of its pathogenesis was obtained from experimental models in rats and mice. In the initial onset, trypsinogen activation plays a ...
Tissue distribution, gernder difference, ontogeny and chemical induction of multiple drug resistance genes (Mdr1a, Mdr1b, Mdr2) in mice

Cui, Yue (2006-07-06)

Multiple drug resistance (Mdr) transporters are ABC transporters that efflux amphipathic cations out of cells, and thus protect them from xenobiotics, as well as cause resistance of some tumor cells to cancer chemotherapeutic ...
Increased expression of telomere length regulators, TRF1, TRF2, and TIN2 in patients with adult T-cell leukemia.

Bellon, Marcia (2006-07-06)

Human T-cell lymphoma/leukemia virus (HTLV) is the etiological agent of adult T-cell lymphoma (ATL). Over10-20 million people are infected with HTLV, which is endemic in regions of Japan, the Caribbean, South America, ...
The role of the ECM during regeneration in Hydra and Zebrafish

O'Boynick, Christopher (2006-07-06)

After injury or amputation, the mechanisms involved in tissue regeneration are highly complex and coordinated. Certain lower invertebrates such as the Hydra and vertebrates such as zebrafish (Danio rerio) present excellent ...