Dissertações em Neurociências e Biologia Celular (Mestrado) - PPGNBC/ICB
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Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Estudo das alterações neuropatológicas e do comportamento em tarefas hipocampo-dependentes induzidas pela encefalite experimental aguda associada ao vírus piry(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-10-05) REIS, Renata Rodrigues dos; DINIZ, Cristovam Wanderley Picanço; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2014918752636286; DINIZ JUNIOR, José Antônio Picanço; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3850460442622655This study investigated neuropathological changes and behavior in hippocampaldependent tasks induced by encephalitis caused by Piry arbovirus. Three temporal windows (3, 7 and 10 days post infection) and two environmental conditions were assessed to measure possible effects of the environmental enrichment on infection- induced changes. Two months old female mice, maintained in impoverished (IE) or in enriched environment (EE) by six months were tested in burrowing, open field and olfactory discrimination. After this period, all animals were intranasally inoculated with 5 μl of normal (NBH) or infected brain homogenate with Piry arbovirus (PY) and then reorganized into the following groups with seven animals each: IENBH, IEPY, EENBH and EEPY. After three, seven and ten days post instillation (dpi), they were perfused with aldehyde fixative. Their brains were removed, sectioned and the sections were processed either to imunohistochemical with anti-Piry or anti-Iba-1 to marker viral antigens and macrophage/microglial cells, respectively. Stereological quantifications were done in each CA3 layer using the optical fractionator method. Optical fractionator estimations revealed no changes in the number of microglial cells, indicating that this infection was not able to alter the number of cells, but microglia morphology, that revealed a higher number of pro-inflammatory morphological profiles in the IEPY than EEPY. Viral antigens were detected in the olfactory bulb, pyriform cortex, striatum and fimbria, following a sequence that mimics the anatomical olfactory pathway. In IEPY burrowing activity decreased in the first window and remained as such until the last window whereas in EEPY no changes were detected. Immobility increased in IEPY and remained altered until the last window; the number of crossing lines increased in the second and last windows; and the time on the center zone decreased in the second and last windows. In EEPY the immobility increased and correspondently the crossing lines reduced just in the second window. In olfactory discrimination, the main affected group was the IEPY, that didn‟t distinguish the two odors in the last window; in contrast EEPY group remained unaltered.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Investigação do potencial cortical provocado visual para padrão reverso em pacientes diagnosticados com epilepsia parcial e generalizada(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2011-12-02) DUARTE, Regina Célia Beltrão; SOUZA, Givago da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5705421011644718; SILVEIRA, Luiz Carlos de Lima; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9383834641490219The present work evaluated the visual evoked cortical potential of children with clinical history of epilepsy in order to identify electrophysiological marker indicating cortical changes in epilepsy. Thirty-four subjects with history of epilepsy along the lifetime (18 subjects diagnosed with partial epilepsy and 16 subjects diagnosed with generalized epilepsy). The control group was composed by 19 subjects age-matched with no history of epilepsy. Visual evoked cortical potential components for pattern-reversal presentation of chessboards were evaluated in amplitude, implicit time, and amplitude ratio of components. It was observed that generalized epilepsy patients had larger N75 than other two groups, whilst N75/P100 and P100/N135 ration were smaller in partial epilepsy patients than other groups. There was weak correlation between the electrophysiological parameters and the age of seizures onset or time of antiepileptic drugs intake. In conclusion, N75 amplitude and amplitude ratio can be good electrophysiological markers to cortical changes in epilepsy.Item Acesso aberto (Open Access) Valores normativos para o eletrorretinograma de campo total(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-05-02) JACOB, Mellina Monteiro; SOUZA, Givago da Silva; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5705421011644718; GOMES, Bruno Duarte; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4932238030330851Many visual electrophysiology laboratories don’t have their own normal values for full-field electroretinogram. This impairs the reliability of the diagnosis of various diseases affecting the visual pathways. Thus, the purpose of this study was to establish normative values for the full-field electroretinogram to the Laboratory of Tropical Neurology (LNT) of the Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Were tested using the electroretinogram 68 healthy subjects without visual complaints, divided into three groups according to age group: 36 subjects belonged to group 1 (17 to 30 years), 21 subjects in group 2 (31 to 45 years) and 11 individuals in group 3 (46 to 60 years). Six types of stimulus that follow ISCEV standards were presented. Four dark-adapted: 0.01 cd.s/m2 (rod response), 3.0 cd.s/m2 (mixed response and oscillatory potentials) and 10.0 cd.s/m2 (mixed additional response). Two light-adapted, 3.0 cd.s/m2 (Cone response and Flicker 30Hz), with 30 cd/m2 background adaptation. For analysis, a-wave and b-wave amplitude and implicit times values were calculated. These values were statistically described using the following values: median, confidence interval, 1st and 3rd quartiles, coefficient of variation, mean, standard deviation and minimum and maximum values. The older age groups had lower amplitude and delayed implicit time. Wavelet transform allowed better visualization of waves without change of amplitude and implicit time. Therefore, the normative values obtained can serve as reliable parameters of normality to assist the diagnosis of retinal diseases.