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Avaliação eletrorretinográfica de ratos wistar jovens submetidos à tireoidectomia bilateral
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2012-10-31) RODRIGUES, Keuri Eleutério; ROCHA, Fernando Allan de Farias; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3882851981484245
The thyroid synthesizes thyroxine (T4) and 3,5,3 '-triiodothyronine (T3), both hormones have a crucial role in the development of the central nervous system, including the retina and visual system. The decrease in blood levels of T3 and T4 causes a syndrome called hypothyroidism, which may lead to visual impairment. The visual deficits generated by hypothyroidism are directly related to the development period of the individual. It has been demonstrated in murine models that congenital hypothyroidism decreases the retinal thickness, the number of cells and interferes with the differentiation of M cones. Here, we investigated the possible functional changes in juvenile rat’s retina after bilateral thyroidectomy using noninvasive electrophysiological responses. Therefore, we divided the rats into three groups (control, sham and thyreoidectomized) each containing n≥8 animals. The surgeries were performed 30 days post-natal and the full-field electroretinogram (ERG) were performed 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 days after surgery, using standard protocols for assessing the scotopic response maximum, photopic response (with and without the use of light filters) and response to flicker (12, 15, 18 and 30 Hz). The parameters analyzed were implicit time and amplitude of a- and b-waves of ERG. We also perform monitoring of clinical parameters of animals in order to identify characteristics that indicate a hypothyroidism, as well as the dosage of thyroid hormones. The results showed that there was a decrease in the a- and b-waves amplitudes in thyroidectomy animals (10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 days after surgery), compared to control and sham animals at all the stimulation protocols used in ERG. The results of the evaluation of the implicit time for both waves showed none statistical difference when comparing to control and sham groups. Also we observed a reduction in size and weight of thyroidectomy animals, associated with reduced levels of thyroid hormone (T3). Thus we concluded that the thyroid hormones are directly related to functional changes in the retina of thyroidectomy animals, together with the reduction of weight and size.
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Eletrofisiologia da visão em modelo experimental de ratos com diabetes e hipotireoidismo
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-03-28) GUIMARÃES, Glenda Figueira; GOMES, Bruno Duarte; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4932238030330851; ROCHA, Fernando Allan de Farias; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3882851981484245
Diabetes mellitus is a worldwide public health problem because of its potential morbidity and mortality. This pathology is characterized as a metabolic disorder with chronic hyperglycemia, results from an absolute or relative deficiency in the secretion and/or insulin action. Associated to this case, problems with the thyroid are often found in patients with diabetes, especially with advancing age. Furthermore, there is a body of knowledge describing that both diabetes and hypothyroidism cause visual loss, however, there are not many publications on the physiology involving both pathologies in conjunction with the visual complications. Therefore, this work aimed to investigate issues relevant to a more detailed understanding of the framework for the evolution of retinal impairment in animal models simultaneously affected by two diseases: diabetes and hypothyroidism. For this, 50 male Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus) were used, two-months-old, weighing between 80 to 120 grams, divided into four groups: a control group without procedures; a group with hypothyroidism opting for a bilateral experimental model of thyroidectomy; a group with diabetes, with application of 200 mg/kg to 2% Aloxana; and two groups with both pathologies, adopting both experimental procedures by changing the sequence of the pathologies in question. In the studied groups, it was used the electroretinogram (ERG), a non-invasive method widely used in academia to evaluate the visual changes, in different periods of 30, 45 and 60 days. We found a decrease in the average amplitude of the wave-a of the animals in the groups with diabetes and with both pathologies in all the realized registrations, the ones that showed the highest statistical differences were in relation to the registration of maximum estocópica, as well as difference in oscillatory potential of both groups with both pathologies. These results support the hypothesis that both concomitant pathologies (diabetes and hypothyroidism) significantly diminish the ERG responses.