Interação entre estradiol e receptores 5 - H T 1A no Núcleo Mediano da Rafe em ratas ovariectomizadas: na aquisição da informação aversiva e associação ao contexto

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Silva, João Victor Santos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Biodiversidade; Pesquisa biologica; Estradiol; Rato como animal de laboratorio; Biodiversity
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/121860

Estrogen receptors were identified in neurons originated in the Median Raphe Nucleus (MRN). It is presented that estrogen, in this structure, is able to potentiate the action of serotonin on somatodendritic 5 - HT 1A receptors, inhibiting the function of serotonergic neurons and causing anxiolysis. This study was performed to evaluate interaction between estrogen action and the serotonergic pathway that originates in the MRN on the acquisition o f aversive information. Female Wistar rats were ovariectomized and received direct microinjection of Estradiol Benzoate (EB) (1200ng) into the MRN, preceded by microinjection of saline or WAY 100.635 (100ng), a 5 - HT 1A receptor antagonist. Immediately after the two microinjections, the ovariectomized rats were submitted to a foot shock session in the Skinner box. Twenty four hours later, they were exposed to the same context for 5 minutes for behavioural assessment: freezing, rearing, displacement, grooming and autonomic responses (faecal boluses and micturition). The EB microinjection in the MRN prior to the exposure of animals to the aversive event (foot shock) did not alter their behaviour in the aversive conditioning session, but neutralized the associati on of the aversive experience with the context: there was a decrease in the expression of freezing and increased motor activity in the test session. This effect was reversed by previous microinjection of WAY 100.635. In conclusion, the EB acted on serotone rgic neurons in the MRN of ovariectomized rats, impairing the association of the aversive experience to the context, by co - modulating the functionality of somatodendritic...