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1. Immunology and Pathology:To determine the immune response of patients with simple and complex appendicitis in order to identify markers which distinguish between simple and complex appendicitis.2.Clinical and Imaging:To analyze the differences in…
Within this project we aim to determine the energetic conditions that underlie the transition to hypertrophy of the HOCM heart. A prospective comparison will be made between results of PET, MRI and function of cardiac myofilaments (in vitro). Also,…
Are changes in cognitive functioning related to structural changes in the brain in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. How are these changes related to diabetic complications like duration of chronic hypoglycaemia, disease duration and presence…
This project aims to understand the symptomatology PD in the light of functional brain interactions, in the hope of elucidating the role of the frontal striatal system to behaviour.
To compare sex differences in brain functioning using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in healthy pre-pubertal boys and girls with a group of children diagnosed with GID. Subjects will have a second fMRI scan, as soon as they enter…
The aim of this MRI study is to understand how neurodegeneration in MS (in vivo) is related to other facets of MS pathology, i.e. inflammatory (T2) lesions, black hole (T1) lesions, cortical lesions and damage of the normal appearing brain tissue.…
The overall aim of the present work is to evaluate the individual role of androgens and estrogens on brain function in the human with a focus on cognition. Both clinical models give us the opportunity to evaluate cognitive functions and brain…
Based on the positive effects of Celecoxib on ultrafiltration and peritoneal injury during PD in rats, we would like to propose a pilot study using Celecoxib in PD-patients. In this pilot study we will investigate whether the Cox2 inhibitor…
To investigate whether bone mineral density is lower in apheresis donors than in blood donors.
The main aim of this project is to identify genetic and metabolic risk factors for mild MR and borderline intelligence.
The main hypothesis is that circulating inflammatory mediators are the main causative factor for the emergence of generalized osteoporosis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). 1.Does the serum of patients with active RA, containing…
The main objective of this study is to increase current insights into the role of auditory and cognitive factors in the reduced ability to understand speech in noisy environment, particularly for hearing impaired people. These insights will help to…
1. Does mPAT directly impair vasoreactivity to insulin and acetylcholine ex vivo in arterioles obtained from muscle biopsy in lean and obese individuals?2. Is obesity in humans associated with the accumulation of mPAT and an inflammatory mPAT…
The primary objective is to investigate the influence of auditory and non-auditory factors on speech recognition abilities in quiet and in noise in CI users. For this reason we will study the effects of linguistic skills and working memory capacity…
This will be a pilot study that aims to gain insight into the effect of Gaucher disease on bone metabolism. For this purpose we formulated the following research questions:What is the effect of inflammatory factors in the serum of patients with…
1. To evaluate the clinical usefulness of STIC with post-process rendering capability. Our goal is to investigate whether STIC gives more accurate information about a suspected cardiac anomaly, compared to conventional 2D ultracardiography.2. To…
The present study aims to investigate several cognitive and emotional factors associated with chronicity of alcohol dependence.
To investigate whether propriocepsis or reflexes are present after nerve reconstruction
Assessment of microvascular alterations using orthogonal spectral polarization and correlate this with markers for endothelial cell dysfunction, fibrosis and histology in patients with renal function impairment who will undergo renal biopsy and…