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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 44(8): 762-766, Aug. 2011. ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-595720

ABSTRACT

In this study, we evaluated the expression of the Zenk protein within the nucleus taeniae of the pigeon’s amygdala (TnA) after training in a classical aversive conditioning, in order to improve our understanding of its functional role in birds. Thirty-two 18-month-old adult male pigeons (Columba livia), weighing on average 350 g, were trained under different conditions: with tone-shock associations (experimental group; EG); with shock-alone presentations (shock group; SG); with tone-alone presentations (tone group; TG); with exposure to the training chamber without stimulation (context group; CG), and with daily handling (naive group; NG). The number of immunoreactive nuclei was counted in the whole TnA region and is reported as density of Zenk-positive nuclei. This density of Zenk-positive cells in the TnA was significantly greater for the EG, SG and TG than for the CG and NG (P < 0.05). The data indicate an expression of Zenk in the TnA that was driven by experience, supporting the role of this brain area as a critical element for neural processing of aversive stimuli as well as meaningful novel stimuli.


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Animals , Male , Amygdala/metabolism , Early Growth Response Protein 1/metabolism , Fear/physiology , Genes, Immediate-Early/physiology , Acoustic Stimulation , Amygdala/anatomy & histology , Cell Count , Columbidae , Conditioning, Classical/physiology , Electric Stimulation , Time Factors
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Rev. chil. neuro-psiquiatr ; 35(2): 187-95, abr. 1997.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-207196

ABSTRACT

El Trastorno Afectivo Recurrente tiende a presentar, característicamente, intervalos asintomáticos sucesivamente más breves, a independizarse de estresores psicosociales y a adoptar un patrón individual de ciclicidad, con variaciones en el mismo sujeto y con respecto a otros. Estos fenómenos pueden comprenderse desde la perspectiva de vulnerabilidades experienciales, la comorbilidad con abuso de sustancias y la recurrencia de los episodios mismos, que interactuando con la vulnerabilidad genética, el grado de apoyo social y la intervención farmacológica, inducirian cambios en el balance de la expresión genética inmediata temprana y a largo plazo, relativa a la modulación del afecto y la conducta. Como ocurre esta interacción? La plasticidad neural parece crucial para el desarrollo de este tipo de aprendizaje, donde genes inmediatos tempranos como c-Fos y c-Jun, juegan un rol esencial. En este trabajo se revisan algunos aspectos básicos acerca del kindling electrofisiológico, la sensibilidad conductual, elementos generales sobre transcripción y regulación genética, además de trabajos de Robert Post sobre el tema. Considerar el Trastorno Afectivo Recurrente desde esta perspectiva podría tener importantes implicancias para la práctica clínica


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Humans , Recurrence , Affective Disorders, Psychotic/physiopathology , Conditioning, Psychological , Neural Conduction , Electric Stimulation , Genes, Immediate-Early/physiology , Neurotransmitter Agents/physiology , Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
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