2013-12-032013-12-032013-10-25SANTOS FILHO, Carlos. Memória espacial e morfometria tridimensional da micróglia de CA1 e do giro denteado do Cebus apella. Belém, 2013. 106 f. Tese (Doutorado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Belém, 2013. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Neurociências e Biologia Celular.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/4500This study aims to investigate possible correlations between the morphology of microglia in the hippocampus and dentate gyrus and cognitive performances in individual tests of learning and spatial memory in Cebus apella. Due to the good performance of Cebus apella in hippocampal-dependent cognitive tasks, we used selected tests of Cantab battery successfully used in Old World non-human primates and man. To adapt individuals to the touch screen and to assess spatial learning and memory, Motor Screening Test (MOT) and Paired Associated Learning Test (PAL) were used respectively. To detect possible correlations between microglial morphology and individual performances in the spatal learning and memory tasks, it was necessary to reconstruct and analyze microglial morphological details from the middle and outer one-thirds of the dentate gyrus molecular layer and from the lacunosum molecular layer of CA1, employing three dimensional microscopy. The definition of the boundaries and layers of CA1 and dentate gyrus employed architectural criteria previously defined. For selective microglia immunostaining, it was used polyclonal antibody against the adapter binding ionized calcium Iba -1 protein (anti- Iba1). The occurrence of clusters after multivariate statistical analysis based on microglial morphometric parameters allowed the distinction of at least two major morphological groups of microglia in all individuals. The spatial learning rate and some of the morphometric parameters of microglia from dentate gyrus revealed significant linear and non-linear correlations. In contrast, CA1 did not show any correlation between microglial morphology and behavior. Based on the present and previous studies we suggest that the correlation between cognitive performances and complexity of morphological glial features is not an exclusive attribute of astrocytes and that microglial morphology of the molecular layer of dentate gyrus may be indirectly associated to the performance of individual tests of spatial memory.porAcesso AbertoMicrogliaHipocampo (Cérebro)Giro denteadoCebus apellaMorfometria tridimencionalAprendizado e memória espacialTeseCNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::MORFOLOGIA