Browsing Honors College by Author "Brewer, Kori L."
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Implementing a high sensitivity point-of-care troponin assay is beneficial in an emergency department chest pain population
Evancho, Sarah Elizabeth (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Point of care tests (POC) can provide accurate and more rapid results for physicians at the bedside, thus decreasing the patient’s time to treatment and increasing patient prognosis. Cardiac troponin (cTnI) is the leading ... -
Markers for Depression in Post-Myocardial Infarction Murine Model
Thompson, Kayla Marie (East Carolina University, 2017-05-03)Previous research has shown that symptoms of depression are commonly found in patients who suffer from a myocardial infarction (MI). Monoamine transporters such as dopamine, noradrenalin, and serotonin receptors have been ... -
SCI-INDUCED MORPHINE TOLERANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DOPAMINE PATHWAY EXPRESSION
Patton, Ryan Allen Wilhelm (East Carolina University, 2020-05-04)Opioids are commonly prescribed to relieve neuropathic pain after a spinal cord injury (SCI),4 but often fail to be effective due to an injury-induced state that mimics opioid tolerance.22 Previous studies have shown that ...