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Acta cir. bras ; 36(12): e361206, 2021. graf
Article in English | LILACS, VETINDEX | ID: biblio-1355568

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ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate whether the pigeon (Columba livia) is a good model for evaluating the vestibular system involved with postural maintenance during movement. Methods: This study maps the brainstem targets of the horizontal ampullary inputs from the vestibular periphery of the pigeon. We used biotin dextran amine (BDA) injection in horizontal semicircular canal (HSCC), immunohistochemistry for GluR2/3 and GluR4 AMPA and computerized histomorphology reconstruction. Results: Our results show the same distribution pattern with ipsilateral projections to vestibular nuclear complex (VNC) from the HSCC, with the majority of labeled fibers being, long, thin, with few varicosities and many ramifications. Horizontal semicircular canal projections achieve neurons belonging to all nuclei of the VNC with exception of dorsal portion of lateral vestibular nucleus and this area express GluR2/3 and GluR4 AMPA receptors reinforcing the idea of glutamate participation in these connections. Conclusions: Pigeon is an appropriated experimental model to study of projections of HSCC and reinforcing the information that the vestibular system has strong relation with the fast responses necessary for postural control. Moreover, its phylogenetic organization apparently conservation, also seems to be a fundamental characteristic for vertebrates.


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Animals , Columbidae , Vestibule, Labyrinth , Phylogeny , Brain Stem , Semicircular Canals , alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid , Vestibular System
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São Paulo; s.n; 2001. 93 p. tab, graf.
Thesis in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-313752

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A conversão da proteína prion celular normal(PrPc), cuja função ainda está sob investigação, para a forma infecciosa (PrPsc) é a causa de algumas doenças neurodegenerativas em humanos e animais. Vários estudos têm sido realizados e mostram que PrPc pode participar de processos normais como memória, estresse oxidativo, neuritogênese e outros. Portanto, a elucidação dos processos de regulação de sua expressão é importante tanto para definir um estratégia para controlar a infeccção quanto para entender melhor a função fisiológica de PrPc. Este trabalho tem objetivo avaliar a expressão de gene de PrPc, a partir da regulação da atividade de seu promotor frente a drogas que foram eleitas de acordo com a composição dos elementos...


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Animals , Mice , Rats , Neurodegenerative Diseases/genetics , Encephalopathy, Bovine Spongiform , PrPC Proteins/pathogenicity , Gene Expression Regulation/genetics , RNA, Messenger , Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods , Blotting, Western , Cell Line , Clone Cells/cytology , Flow Cytometry , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Genetic Vectors/analysis
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