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J Neural Transm (Vienna) ; 122(3): 349-55, 2015 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25139483

RESUMO

Previously, we demonstrated that male Wistar rats submitted to neonatal status epilepticus showed abnormal social behavior characterized by deficit in social discrimination and enhanced emotionality. Taking into account that early insult can produce different biological manifestations in a gender-dependent manner, we aimed to investigate the social behavior and anxiety-like behavior in female Wistar rats following early life seizures. Neonate female Wistar rats at 9 days postnatal were subject to pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus and the control received saline. Behavioral tests started from 60 days postnatal and were carried out only during the diestrus phase of the reproductive cycle. In sociability test experimental animals exhibited reduced motivation for social encounter and deficit in social discrimination. In open field and the elevated plus maze, experimental animals showed enhanced emotionality with no changes in basal locomotor activity. The results showed that female rats submitted to neonatal status epipepticus showed impaired social behavior, characterized by reduced motivation to novelty and deficit in social discrimination in addition to enhanced emotionality.


Assuntos
Ansiedade/etiologia , Comportamento Exploratório/fisiologia , Motivação/fisiologia , Convulsões/complicações , Transtornos do Comportamento Social/etiologia , Discriminação Social/psicologia , Fatores Etários , Análise de Variância , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Feminino , Aprendizagem em Labirinto , Ratos , Ratos Wistar
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Front Behav Neurosci ; 7: 36, 2013.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23675329

RESUMO

Neonatal seizures are the most common manifestation of neurological dysfunction in the neonate. The prognosis of neonatal seizures is highly variable, and the controversy remains whether the severity, duration, or frequency of seizures may contribute to brain damage independently of its etiology. Animal data indicates that seizures during development are associated with a high probability of long-term adverse effects such as learning and memory impairment, behavioral changes and even epilepsy, which is strongly age dependent, as well as the severity, duration, and frequency of seizures. In preliminary studies, we demonstrated that adolescent male rats exposed to one-single neonatal status epilepticus (SE) episode showed social behavior impairment, and we proposed the model as relevant for studies of developmental disorders. Based on these facts, the goal of this study was to verify the existence of a persistent deficit and if the anxiety-related behavior could be associated with that impairment. To do so, male Wistar rats at 9 days postnatal were submitted to a single episode of SE by pilocarpine injection (380 mg/kg, i.p.) and control animals received saline (0.9%, 0.1 mL/10 g). It was possible to demonstrate that in adulthood, animals exposed to neonatal SE displayed low preference for social novelty, anxiety-related behavior, and increased stereotyped behavior in anxiogenic environment with no locomotor activity changes. On the balance, these data suggests that neonatal SE in rodents leads to altered anxiety-related and abnormal social behaviors.

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J Neural Transm (Vienna) ; 117(10): 1155-60, 2010 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20711791

RESUMO

Neonatal status epilepticus (SE) disrupts prefrontal cortex and thalamus, brain regions related to social play. Juvenile play was evaluated using the "intruder-resident" paradigm following SE in 9-day-old Wistar pups of both genders. Quite interestingly, we demonstrated for the first time that neonatal SE produces social impairment in male rats, reduces locomotor activity in both genders and enhances self-grooming in female. Additional studies are necessary to clarify if these effects can impair social behavior across the life span.


Assuntos
Transtornos Mentais/etiologia , Transtornos Mentais/psicologia , Comportamento Social , Estado Epiléptico/complicações , Estado Epiléptico/psicologia , Animais , Animais Recém-Nascidos , Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Feminino , Masculino , Transtornos Mentais/fisiopatologia , Córtex Pré-Frontal/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Córtex Pré-Frontal/patologia , Ratos , Ratos Wistar , Estado Epiléptico/fisiopatologia , Tálamo/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Tálamo/patologia
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