Anatomy and Cell Biology Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Investigating Stromal Contributions to the Regulation of Cancer Progression, Krista M. Vincent
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Online Systemic Human Anatomy Course with Laboratory, Stefanie M. Attardi
Co-Morbidity Of Alzheimer’s Disease And Stroke: Cognitive Deficits And Cellular Pathologies In Two Co-Morbid Animal Models, Jennifer L. Au
High Throughput Screening For Drug Discovery In Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Morgan D. Black
Hierarchical Organization in Auditory Cortex of the Cat Using High-Field Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Amee J. Hall
The Role of Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding Protein-2 (CPEB-2) in Breast Cancer, Asma Hasan
Underlying Mechanisms Regulating Gingival Healing and Fibrosis, Shawna Soheun Kim
Clinical and Experimental Importance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Prostate Cancer, Lori Lowes
Analyzing A-series gangliosides in neurons following exposure to glutamate, Dae Hee Park
The lung microenvironment influences the metastatic behaviour of breast cancer cells in an innovative 3D ex vivo pulmonary metastasis model, Matt M. Piaseczny
The Role of Bone-Derived Osteopontin in the Migration and Stem-Like Behavior of Breast Cancer Cells, Graciella Pio
Exploring And Training Spatial Reasoning Via Eye Movements: Implications On Performance, Victoria A. Roach
Evaluating the pathological and behavioural consequences of injecting amyloid beta oligomers in the rat, Ryan S. Wong
Mechanisms of neuroprotection against ischemic insult by stress-inducible phosphoprotein-1, Jason Xu
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Effects of an Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blocker on Cardiovascular Calcification, Zachary B. Armstrong
Investigation of Sox9 ablation on neuroplasticity and recovery after ischemic stroke, Bethany Robin Lenore Bass
The Role of miR-526b in COX-2 Mediated Human Breast Cancer Progression and Induction of Stem-Like Phenotype Via EP4 Receptor Signaling, Erin O. Landman
Sox9 conditional knockdown reduces chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan expression, increases neuroplasticity, and improves motor function in a mouse model of spinal cord injury, William M. McKillop
Influence of Polycaprolactone and Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor on Gingival Fibroblasts, Sarah Michelsons
Investigating Microenvironmental Regulation of Human Chordoma Cell Behaviour, Priya Patel
Distinct roles of BMP and LKB1/AMPK signalling impacting ovarian cancer spheroid biology, Teresa M. Peart
Genomic predictors of drug response to the alpha-specific phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3Ka-alpha) inhibitor BYL719 in head and neck cancers, Giananthony T. Rizzo
Understanding the role of cholinergic tone in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus, Kaie Rosborough
Investigating the Primate Prefrontal Cortex Correlates of Cognitive Deficits In the Ketamine Model of Schizophrenia, Kevin J. Skoblenick
Synaptic architecture of the acoustic startle response pathway, Mahabba Smoka
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Cx43 Reduces Melanoma Growth Within a Keratinocyte Microenvironment and During Tumorigenesis in vivo, Mark J. Ableser
Circadian rhythms in reward and underlying neural circuits, Ricardo M. Baltazar
Effects of Prenatal Testosterone on the Reproductive and Metabolic Neurons of the Sheep Hypothalamus, Maria Cernea
Evaluation of matricellular proteins as potential therapeutics for the treatment of human chronic skin wounds, Christopher G. Elliott
Flexibly adapting to emotional cues: Examining the functional and structural correlates of emotional reactivity and emotion control in healthy and depressed individuals, Steven G. Greening
P2X7 Nucleotide Receptor Signaling in Osteoblasts, Matthew W. Grol
Spinal Cord Control of Ejaculatory Reflexes in Male Rats, Natalie Kozyrev
Dopamine Modulation of Emotional Learning in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Nicole M. Lauzon
Investigation of Sox9 Ablation on Neural Stem Cell Behaviour after Spinal Cord Injury, Stephen McDonald
Cognitive Function in BK Channel Knock-Out Mice, Magdalena N. Mirkowski
Investigating the pathological response to beta amyloid toxicity in rats: the role of age and the antioxidant catalase-SKL, Hayley J. Nell
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Transactional Distances In An Online Histology Laboratory Course, Michele L. Barbeau
TRPM2 in the Central Nervous System: Physiological Role and Critical Regulatory Pathways, Jillian C. Belrose
The Role of Nodal in the Regulation of Bi-Potential Trophoblast Progenitor Cells, Alia Cloutier-Bosworth
The Role of ALDHhiCD44+ Cells in Breast Cancer Metastasis and Therapy Resistance, Alysha K. Croker
Sexual Reward and Depression, Andrea R. Di Sebastiano
The Role of MicroRNAs in Cyclooxygenase-2 Mediated Breast Cancer Progression, Leanna R. Dunn
An investigation into the combined effects of β-amyloid toxicity and cerebral ischemia on the pathological expression of gangliosides., Jeffrey D. Hepburn
Calclium-calmodulin regulation of TRPM2 currents, Brian M. W. Lockhart
Stress Induced Protein 1 (STI1) protects neurons against Beta-Amyloid (Abeta) neurotoxicity, Amro Hasan Mohammad
Anatomy: The Relationship Between Internal and External Visualizations, Ngan T. Nguyen
Neuroplasticity in the Mesolimbic System Induced by Sexual Experience and Subsequent Reward Abstinence, Kyle Pitchers
The Embryonic Protein Nodal Supports Metastatic Phenotypes in Breast Cancer, Daniela F. Quail
Characterization of the Circadian Properties of Runt-related Transcription Factor 2 (Runx2) and its Role in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Meghan E. Reale
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Fetal Growth Restriction: Molecular Mechanisms and Long-Term Outcomes, Caroline D. Albion
Mutant Cx43 in Skin Differentiation and Disease, Jared M. Churko
Effects of methamphetamine on sexual behavior, Karla S. Frohmader
The Life Cycle of Pannexins: Trafficking, Cell Surface Dynamics, Turnover and Degradation, Ruchi Gehi
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Regulation of Akt and Wnt signalling by the dopamine D2 receptor and metabotropic glutamate receptor 2/3, Laurie P. Sutton