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Does a sex difference of AMPA receptor trafficking after oxygen-glucose deprivation exist in rat cortical and hippocampal slices?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-17)Stroke, which is caused by an interruption of blood supply to the brain, is a major public health burden because it is one of the leading global causes of death and disability. AMPA receptor trafficking is considered to ... -
Does maternal obesity affect hippocampal-dependent spatial learning and memory retention in offspring?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)With a rise in the prevalence of obesity worldwide, behavioural, as well as physiological changes after consumption of a high-fat diet are becoming increasingly recognized. In addition to increased risk of chronic and ... -
Does Sarcolipin Ablation Alter Deflazacort Treatment Effects in mdx Mice?
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) and the murine model mdx are degenerative diseases that are characterized by the absence of the protein dystrophin causing membrane instability, calcium (Ca2+) influx, and progressive ... -
Does sex or exercise modality influence post-exercise glucose handling or insulin sensitivity?
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-20)Exercise has long been recognized for its beneficial effects on glucose handling in both insulin sensitive and insulin resistant populations. However, there is conflicting evidence in regards to the best type and duration ... -
Does Stress-Related Poor Diet Quality Explain Socioeconomic Inequities in Health? A Structural Equation Mediation Analysis in Women and Men
(Oxford University Press, 2021-06)Objectives Individuals with a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) have poorer health than their more advantaged counterparts. Psychosocial stress and diet quality have been shown to individually mediate associations between ... -
Does the Cost Barrier to Contraception Differentially Affect Racialized and Indigenous Women? An Intersectional Quantitative Investigation
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-11)Background: In Canada, 15% of sexually active women of reproductive age do not use any form of contraception (Black et al., 2009; Black, Guilbert, Costescu, et al., 2015; Black, Guilbert, Hassan, et al., 2015). The majority ... -
Dried Blood Spot Fatty Acid Quantitation: Developing Methods for Determining Unknown Volumes, Identifying Contaminants and Assessing Fatty Acid Stability During Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-12)Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 LCPUFA) blood levels are a potential risk factor for coronary heart disease, particularly sudden cardiac death. Venipuncture sampling for fatty acid profiling is invasive, ... -
Driving under the influence behaviours among high school students who mix alcohol with energy drinks
(Elsevier, 2018-06-01)Alcohol and energy drinks are commonly used substances by youth in Canada, and are often mixed (AmED). While several studies have shown that AmED can have dangerous effects, less well understood is how AmED is associated ... -
Dual-task effects of concurrently coupling aerobic exercise with virtual navigation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-01)Aerobic exercise is a modifiable lifestyle factor that is important for maintaining or improving both physical health and brain health. Maintaining or improving executive function throughout the lifespan is a prominent ... -
Dynamic Control Strategies Used by ACL-Deficient Copers and Non-Copers during Stair Climbing
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-23)Background: Osteoarthritis (OA), the most common form of arthritis, is a disorder that affects bi-articular synovial joints and is characterized as the focal loss of articular cartilage with changes to the subchondral and ... -
Dysregulated Phosphate Metabolism, Periodontal Disease, and Cancer: Possible Global Health Implications
(MDPI, 2019-02-11)An association between periodontal disease and cancer has been established in recent studies, but no common etiology has been identified in the hopes of reducing the global burden of these non-communicable diseases. This ... -
Dysregulation of Phosphate Metabolism and Conditions Associated With Phosphate Toxicity
(Nature, 2015-06-03)Phosphate homeostasis is coordinated and regulated by complex cross-organ talk through delicate hormonal networks. Parathyroid hormone (PTH), secreted in response to low serum calcium, has an important role in maintaining ... -
Early efforts addressing the social determinants of health by Ontario health units (2000-2009): an application of Kingdon’s multiple streams theory
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)Actions to reduce health inequities by addressing external contributory factors, which are commonly referred to as the social determinants of health (SDH), have emerged as a recommended focus of public health practice. ... -
Early Somatosensory Processing and Crossmodal Influences
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-29)Sensory stimuli from distinct modalities are continuously linked together by the brain to create a cohesive percept of the surrounding environment—a process known as multisensory integration. Furthermore, sensory information ... -
An Ecological Model Perspective of Children’s Experience of Active Play
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-06)Despite the many known benefits associated with active play, relatively little is known about the influences on and children’s experiences of engagement in active play. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ... -
EDUCATION AND MORTALITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER NEUROPATHOLOGY: A TEST OF THE COGNITIVE RESERVE HYPOTHESIS
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-17)Background: The cognitive reserve hypothesis describes a hypothetical mechanism to cope with brain damage: individuals with high reserve are thought to tolerate more Alzheimer neuropathology before symptom onset, show ... -
Effect of a Mobile Phone Intervention on Quitting Smoking in a Young Adult Population of Smokers: Randomized Controlled Trial
(JMIR, 2018-10-23)Background: Digital mobile technology presents a promising medium for reaching young adults with smoking cessation interventions because they are the heaviest users of this technology. Objective: The aim of this study ... -
The Effect of Acute Aerobic Exercise on the Consolidation of Motor Memories
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-22)Previous research has shown that acute aerobic exercise performed prior to motor training can assist with motor skill acquisition through enhancement of motor cortical plasticity. Recently, studies using high intensity ... -
The Effect of Acute Docosahexaenoic Acid Intake on Left Ventricular Function and Susceptibility to Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in the Isolated Rat Heart
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)The chronic intake and myocardial incorporation of n-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFA), particularly docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3, DHA), is believed to protect against ischemia-reperfusion injury, possibly through ... -
The Effect of Acute Exercise on Femoral Artery Vasoconstriction: Involvement of Local Vascular Wall Renin-Angiotensin Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-02)During a single bout of aerobic exercise, blood flow is shunted to exercising tissues while blood flow is maintained or reduced to less metabolically active areas (i.e. splanchnic area and non-working muscles). Although ...