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Chronic fluoxetine treatment attenuates stressor-induced changes in temperature, heart rate, and neuronal activation in the olfactory bulbectomised rat
Roche, Michelle; Harkin, Andrew; Kelly, John P. (2007)The olfactory bulbectomized (OB) rat is a well characterized animal model that exhibits a number of behavioural and neurochemical changes that have relevance to clinical depression. Hyperactivity in the open field is the ... -
Circuitry underlying regulation of the serotonergic system by swim stress
Roche, Michelle; Commons, Kathryn G.; Peoples, Andrew; Valentino, Rita J. (Society for Neuroscience, 2003-02-01)The dorsal raphe nucleus (DR)–serotonin (5-HT) system has been implicated in depression and is dramatically affected by swim stress, an animal model with predictive value for antidepressants. Accumulating evidence implicates ... -
Clinical applications of gene expression in colorectal cancer.
Kerin, Michael J. (2013)Despite developments in diagnosis and treatment, 20% of colorectal cancer (CRC) patients present with metastatic disease and 30% of cases recur after curative surgery. Furthermore, the molecular factors involved in prognosis ... -
A cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a structured pulmonary rehabilitation education programme for improving the health status of people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): The PRINCE Study protocol.
Murphy, Kathy; Casey, Dympna; Devane, Declan; Cooney, Adeline; McCarthy, Bernard; Mee, Lorraine; Ní Chúlain, Martina; Murphy, Andrew W.; Newell, John; O'Shea, Eamon (BioMed Central, 2011-01-18)A key strategy in improving care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the provision of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes. Pulmonary rehabilitation programmes have been successful in improving ... -
Cognitive course in first-episode psychosis and clinical correlates: A 4year longitudinal study using the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery.
Kenney, Joanne; Anderson-Schmidt, Heike; Scanlon, Cathy; Arndt, Sophia; Scherz, Elisabeth; McInerney, Shane; McFarland, John; Byrne, Fintan; Ahmed, Mohamed; Donohoe, Gary; Hallahan, Brian; McDonald, Colm; Cannon, Dara M. (2015-09-26)While cognitive impairments are prevalent in first-episode psychosis, the course of these deficits is not fully understood. Most deficits appear to remain stable, however there is uncertainty regarding the trajectory of ... -
Community Occupational Therapy for people with dementia and family carers (COTiD-UK) versus treatment as usual: study protocol for the Valuing Active Life in Dementia (VALID) multi-centre, pragmatic randomised trial
Hynes, Sinéad (BioMed Central, 2016-02-03)Background A community-based occupational therapy intervention for people with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers (Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia (COTiD)) was found clinically and cost effective ... -
A comparison of the teamwork attitudes and knowledge of Irish surgeons and U.S Naval aviators.
O'Connor, Paul; Ryan, Stephen; Keogh, Ivan (Elsevier, 2012-10)Poor teamwork skills are contributors to poor performance and mishaps in high risk work settings, including the operating theatre. A questionnaire was used to assess the attitudes towards, and knowledge of, Irish surgeons ... -
CompHP Developing competencies and professional standards for health promotion capacity building in Europe: literature review
Dempsey, Colette; Barry, Margaret M.; Battel-Kirk, Barbara (International Union for Health Promotion and Education and the Health Promotion Research Centre, 2010)[no abstract available] -
Consulting with citizens in the design of wellbeing measures and policies: lessons from a systems science application
Hogan, Michael; Duggan, Jim; Leyden, Kevin M.; Domegan, Christine; Mc Hugh, Patricia; Hogan, Victoria; Harney, Owen; Groarke, Jenny; Noone, Chris; Groarke, Ann Marie (Springer Verlag, 2014-09-20)Internationally, there is increasing interest in, and analysis of, human wellbeing and the economic, social, environmental, and psychological factors that contribute to it. Current thinking suggests that to measure social ... -
Context and how it influences our professional thinking
Ryan, Susan; Hills, Carol (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)[No abstract available] -
Cortical thinning and caudate abnormalities in first episode psychosis and their association with clinical outcome.
Scanlon, Cathy; Anderson-Schmidt, Heike; McInerney, Shane; Kenney, Joanne; McFarland, John; Waldron, Mairead; Ambati, Srinath; Fullard, Anna; Logan, Sam; Hallahan, Brian; Elliott, Mark A.; Cannon, Dara M.; McDonald, Colm (Elsevier, 2014-08-11)First episode psychosis (FEP) has been associated with structural brain changes, largely identified by volumetric analyses. Advances in neuroimaging processing have made it possible to measure geometric properties that may ... -
The cost effectiveness of the SIMPle intervention to improve antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infection in primary care
Gillespie, Paddy; Callan, Aoife; O'Shea, Eamon; Duane, Sinead; Murphy, Andrew W.; Domegan, Christine; Galvin, Sandra; Vellinga, Akke (Oxford University Press, 2016-09-27)Abstract Background Antimicrobial resistance is a major public health issue. This study examines the cost effectiveness of the SIMPle (Supporting the Improvement and Management of Prescribing for Urinary Tract Infections ... -
The country profile of Ireland
Barry, Margaret M. (European Communities, 2006)Within the Republic of Ireland, there has been increasing recognition in recent years, at both policy and practice level, of the importance of mental health promotion and prevention of mental disorders for overall population ... -
Cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts (verrucae): A randomised controlled trial
McIntosh, Caroline (2011)Objective To compare the clinical effectiveness of cryotherapy versus salicylic acid for the treatment of plantar warts. Design A multicentre, open, two arm randomised controlled trial. Setting University podiatry ... -
Curriculum development for sustainable civic engagement
Boland, Josephine (Educational Developers of Ireland Network, 2013)Capacity building both for students and for community partners is an explicit goal for one particular teaching and learning innovation in Irish higher education. In addition to offering the opportunity to apply ... -
Design of a smartphone application with integrated Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) treatment randomization and On-The-Fly Stimulus Parameter Adjustment for streamlining the clinical evaluation of FES protocols
Sweeney, D.; Corley, Gavin; Browne, P.; Burridge, J.H.; Quinlan, Leo R.; Ó Laighin, Gearóid (OMICS International, 2016-03-14)The clinical application of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) has evolved over the last five decades. However, the use of the Randomized Control Trial (RCT) methodology in evaluating the clinical effectiveness of new ... -
Detection of ROS induced proteomic signatures by mass spectrometry
McDonagh, Brian (Frontiers Media, 2017)Reversible and irreversible post-translational modifications ( PTMs) induced by endogenously generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) in regulatory enzymes and proteins plays an essential role in cellular signaling. Almost ... -
Developing a Consensus on Core Competencies for Health Promotion.
Dempsey, Colette; Barry, Margaret M.; Battel-Kirk, Barbara (2014-03-31)[no abstract available] -
Dieting among schoolchildren in Ireland. HBSC Ireland Research Factsheet No. 6.
Callaghan, Mary (2010)HBSC Ireland 2010 has found that 13.2% of children report that they are currently on a diet (9.7% of boys and 16.9% of girls). This figure has remained stable since 2006. The percentage of children dieting is higher among ... -
Distribution of tract deficits in schizophrenia
Cannon, Dara (BioMed Central, 2014-04-02)Background: Gray and white matter brain changes have been found in schizophrenia but the anatomical organizing process underlying these changes remains unknown. We aimed to identify gray and white matter volumetric changes ...