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Thesis (doctoral)--Umeå Universitet, 1986. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Umeå Universitet, 1986. / Added t.p. with thesis statement inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 24, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

Select pyrethroid binary mixtures (deltamethrin plus S-bioallethrin, β-cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, and fenpropathrin) elicit a more-than-additive response on L-glutamate release from rat brain synaptosomes that is independent of calcium influx. Using a variety of chloride channel antagonists, anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (9-AC), rChlorotoxin (ClTx), 4,4’-dintitrostilbene-2,2’-disulfonic acid (DNDS), 5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid (NPPB), and picrotoxinin (PTX), we have identified two mechanisms by which pyrethroids may enhance L-glutamate release. The results from this study indicate that only ClTx and NPPB, at their EC50s (0.1 μM and 70 μM, respectively), significantly increase L-glutamate release when in the presence of our most potent pyrethroid, deltamethrin, at its EC50 (2 x 10-12 M). When these two antagonists were used in the presence of deltamethrin plus cypermethrin and deltamethrin plus fenpropathrin, a more-than-additive response was elicited at lower concentrations of the binary mixtures. Likewise, NPPB in the presence of the additive binary mixture, deltamethrin plus tefluthrin, first elicited a more-than-additive response at the 1:10 mixture. Since both ClTx and NPPB are inhibitors of voltage-gated chloride channels (ClC-2) and calcium-activated chloride channels, our findings suggest that these channels are potential target sites for certain pyrethroids and likely are important in pyrethroid neurotoxicity.

Lipidomics is a relatively new field under the heading of systems biology. Due to its infancy, the field suffers from significant ‘growing pains’, one of which is the lack of bioinformatic analytic resources that other “-omics” fields enjoy. Here, I describe the creation and validation of the glycerophospholipid identification program VaLID. Using an in silico approach, we generated a comprehensive database containing all of the glycerophospholipids within multiple sub-classes: those containing chains of 0 to 30 carbons with up to 6 unsaturations and various linkages. Using Java, I created a web- based computer interface with a search engine and a visualization tool to access this database. In comparing results to current programs, I found that VaLID consistently contained more identity predictions than did the current gold standard LipidMAPS. Results from several tests with real datasets confirm that VaLID is more than capable as a phospholipid identification tool for use in lipidomics.