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Modification of dendritic development.
Feria-Velasco, Alfredo; del Angel, Alma Rosa; Gonzalez-Burgos, Ignacio.
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  • Feria-Velasco A; Division of Pathology, CIATEJ (SEP-CONACyT), Av. Normalistas 800, 44270 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. aferia@ciatej.net.mx
Prog Brain Res ; 136: 135-43, 2002.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12143377
Since 1890 Ramón y Cajal strongly defended the theory that dendrites and their processes and spines had a function of not just nutrient transport to the cell body, but they had an important conductive role in neural impulse transmission. He extensively discussed and supported this theory in the Volume 1 of his extraordinary book Textura del Sistema Nervioso del Hombre y de los Vertebrados. Also, Don Santiago significantly contributed to a detailed description of the various neural components of the hippocampus and cerebral cortex during development. Extensive investigation has been done in the last Century related to the functional role of these complex brain regions, and their association with learning, memory and some limbic functions. Likewise, the organization and expression of neuropsychological qualities such as memory, exploratory behavior and spatial orientation, among others, depend on the integrity and adequate functional activity of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. It is known that brain serotonin synthesis and release depend directly and proportionally on the availability of its precursor, tryptophan (TRY). By using a chronic TRY restriction model in rats, we studied their place learning ability in correlation with the dendritic spine density of pyramidal neurons in field CA1 of the hippocampus during postnatal development. We have also reported alterations in the maturation pattern of the ability for spontaneous alternation and task performance evaluating short-term memory, as well as adverse effects on the density of dendritic spines of hippocampal CA1 field pyramidal neurons and on the dendritic arborization and the number of dendritic spines of pyramidal neurons from the third layer of the prefrontal cortex using the same model of TRY restriction. The findings obtained in these studies employing a modified Golgi method, can be interpreted as a trans-synaptic plastic response due to understimulation of serotoninergic receptors located in the hippocampal Ammon's horn and, particularly, on the CA1 field pyramidal neurons, as well as on afferences to the hippocampus which needs to be further investigated.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Serotonina / Vias Aferentes / Córtex Pré-Frontal / Células Piramidais / Dendritos / Hipocampo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Prog Brain Res Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Holanda
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Serotonina / Vias Aferentes / Córtex Pré-Frontal / Células Piramidais / Dendritos / Hipocampo Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Prog Brain Res Ano de publicação: 2002 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: México País de publicação: Holanda