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Description:: Stem cells show great promise as cellular replacement and drug delivery therapies for a number of neurological disorders. This dissertation examines embryonic and adult types of stem cells, their plasticity, and mechanisms governing their development (Chapters 1-5). Our studies illustrate that leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) signaling and bone morphogenetic protein...
Keyword:: astrocyte, development, neuroscience, Stem cells, BMP, and nuclear transfer
Subject:: Neuroscience Institute Graduate Program
Creator:: Michael Anthony Bonaguidi
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 05/14/2018
Date Modified:: 05/14/2018
Date Created:: 2007-04-09
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Speech contains a variety of temporal and spectral features that occur simultaneously in the signal, each of which conveys unique information that is essential for its accurate interpretation. As the bridge between the auditory periphery and the cortex, the brainstem can be thought of as a connection that must respond...
Keyword:: development, speech encoding, Auditory brainstem response, stop consonant-vowel syllables, neural plasticity, and auditory processing
Subject:: Communication Sciences and Disorders - Learning Disabilities
Creator:: Krista Lynne Johnson
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/20/2018
Date Modified:: 09/20/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-04
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: Problems in interpersonal functioning are a major concern. In adults, interpersonal dysfunction is often investigated as it relates to personality disorders (PDs). In fact, researchers have argued that a core of interpersonal dysfunction is what defines personality disorders (Hopwood, Wright, Ansell, & Pincus, 2013). This is perhaps most evident for...
Keyword:: development, measurement, personality pathology, personality, and relational aggression
Subject:: Clinical psychology
Creator:: Reardon, Kathleen Wade
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_660699 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14590

Description:: Language is a hallmark of human cognition—a rich and flexible method of representing the world around us. As such, language provides an invaluable resource to human infants: a way of gaining insight into the representations that guide adult cognition. In this dissertation, I explore how language influences infants’ cognition as...
Keyword:: categorization, development, language, infant, learning, and cognition
Subject:: Cognitive psychology
Creator:: LaTourrette, Alexander Scott
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 01/21/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_732252 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15046

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