Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2015 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Wearick-Silva, Luis Eduardo
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| Orientador(a): |
Grassi-Oliveira, Rodrigo
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| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina/Pediatria e Saúde da Criança
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Medicina
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| País: |
Brasil
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/6219
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Resumo: |
Introduction: The exposure to early life stress (ELS) has been associated with different psychopathologies in adulthood such as mood- and anxiety-related behaviors. In animal research, the maternal separation paradigm has been widely used to investigate the longterm effects of ELS. Considering the negative effects of ELS on development, evidences suggesting that exercise could attenuate or even reverse such effects are beginning to emerge. This article aimed to investigate the impact of physical exercise on anxiety-like behavior and spatial memory in mice exposed to maternal separation. Method: Litters were assigned to one of 4 groups: The MS animals were subjected to a procedure where pups were separated from their dams daily for 180 minutes, from postnatal days (P) 2 to 15. The exercise protocol was performed at P24 and consisted of one week of habituation to treadmill and 3 weeks of exercise, with 60 min of duration at 10 m/min for 5 days a week. The performance in an open field test was evaluated to assess locomotor activity and anxiety-like behavior. Object recognition was also performed to investigate the effects of MS and exercise on spatial memory. Results: Both maternal separation and exercise increased locomotor activity in the open field. However, anxiety-like behavior was not affected by MS or exercise. In object recognition, all groups presented the same exploratory behavior. However, MS impaired the capability to recognize the new object, suggesting impairment in spatial memory. In time, MS mice that exercised were able to reverse the negative effects of MS, showing a performance similar to the control group (AFR). Taken together, our results suggest that the disruption of the normal development course—here via maternal separation paradigms—is harmful to a good development and may result in cognitive and behavioral difficulties in adulthood. Furthermore, the early engagement in a program of exercise can be effective in reversing the impairments of ELS. |
