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Cabrera-Pedraza VR, de Jesús Gómez-Villalobos M, de la Cruz F, Aguilar-Alonso P, Zamudio S, Flores G. Pregnancy improves cognitive deficit and neuronal morphology atrophy in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of aging spontaneously hypertensive rats. Synapse 2017; 71:e21991. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Verónica R. Cabrera-Pedraza
- Instituto de Fisiología; Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla Pue México
- Depto. de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Cdmx México
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- Depto. de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Cdmx México
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- Depto. de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Cdmx México
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- Instituto de Fisiología; Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla Pue México
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Solis-Gaspar C, Vazquez-Roque RA, De Jesús Gómez-Villalobos M, Flores G. Cerebrolysin improves memory and ameliorates neuronal atrophy in spontaneously hypertensive, aged rats. Synapse 2016; 70:378-89. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Carlos Solis-Gaspar
- Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; 14 Sur 6301, CP 72570, Puebla México
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; 14 Sur 6301, CP 72570, Puebla México
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- Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; 14 Sur 6301, CP 72570, Puebla México
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The effects of amphetamine exposure on juvenile rats on the neuronal morphology of the limbic system at prepubertal, pubertal and postpubertal ages. J Chem Neuroanat 2016; 77:68-77. [PMID: 27208629 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Amphetamines (AMPH) are psychostimulants widely used for therapy as well as for recreational purposes. Previous results of our group showed that AMPH exposure in pregnant rats induces physiological and behavioral changes in the offspring at prepubertal and postpubertal ages. In addition, several reports have shown that AMPH are capable of modifying the morphology of neurons in some regions of the limbic system. These modifications can cause some psychiatric conditions. However, it is still unclear if there are changes to behavioral and morphological levels when low doses of AMPH are administered at a juvenile age. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of AMPH administration (1mg/kg) in Sprague-Dawley rats (postnatal day, PD21-PD35) on locomotor activity in a novel environment and compare the neuronal morphology of limbic system areas at three different ages: prepubertal (PD 36), pubertal (PD50) and postpubertal (PD 62). We found that AMPH altered locomotor activity in the prepubertal group, but did not have an effect on the other two age groups. The Golgi-Cox staining method was used to describe the neural morphology of five limbic regions: (Layers 3 and 5) the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), the dorsal and ventral hippocampus, the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala, showing that AMPH induced changes at pubertal ages in arborization and spine density of these neurons, but interestingly these changes did not persist at postpubertal ages. Our findings suggest that even early-life AMPH exposure does not induce long-term behavioral and morphological changes, however it causes alterations at pubertal ages in the limbic system networks, a stage of life strongly associated with the development of substance abuse behaviors.
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Monserrat Hernández-Hernández E, Serrano-García C, Antonio Vázquez-Roque R, Díaz A, Monroy E, Rodríguez-Moreno A, Florán B, Flores G. Chronic administration of resveratrol prevents morphological changes in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of aged rats. Synapse 2016; 70:206-17. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; México
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- Departamento de Farmacia, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; México
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- Departamento de Fisiología; Biofísica y Neurociencias, Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Avanzados IPN; DF México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; México
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Sanchez-Vega L, Juárez I, De Jesus Gomez-Villalobos M, Flores G. Cerebrolysin reverses hippocampal neural atrophy in a mice model of diabetes mellitus type 1. Synapse 2015; 69:326-35. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 01/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Lizzette Sanchez-Vega
- Laboratorio De Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto De Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma De Puebla; Puebla México
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- Facultad De Estomatología; Universidad Autónoma De Puebla; Puebla México
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- Laboratorio De Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto De Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma De Puebla; Puebla México
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Lazcano Z, Solis O, Díaz A, Brambila E, Aguilar-Alonso P, Guevara J, Flores G. Dendritic morphology changes in neurons from the ventral hippocampus, amygdala and nucleus accumbens in rats with neonatal lesions into the prefrontal cortex. Synapse 2015; 69:314-25. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Zayda Lazcano
- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas; Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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- Facultad de Ciencias Químicas; Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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- Department de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. D.F.; México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla México
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Camacho-Abrego I, Tellez-Merlo G, Melo AI, Rodríguez-Moreno A, Garcés L, De La Cruz F, Zamudio S, Flores G. Rearrangement of the dendritic morphology of the neurons from prefrontal cortex and hippocampus after subthalamic lesion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Synapse 2013; 68:114-26. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Israel Camacho-Abrego
- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología; Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; CP: 72570, Puebla Puebla México
- Departamento de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México D. F. México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología; Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; CP: 72570, Puebla Puebla México
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- Centro de Investigación en Reproducción Animal; CINVESTAV-Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala; Tlaxcala México
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- Departamento de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México D. F. México
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- Departamento de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México D. F. México
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- Departamento de Fisiología; Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas; Instituto Politécnico Nacional; México D. F. México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría; Instituto de Fisiología; Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; CP: 72570, Puebla Puebla México
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Bringas M, Carvajal-Flores F, López-Ramírez T, Atzori M, Flores G. Rearrangement of the dendritic morphology in limbic regions and altered exploratory behavior in a rat model of autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience 2013; 241:170-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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ValdéS-Cruz AL, Negrete-DíAZ JV, Magdaleno-Madrigal VM, MartíNez-Vargas D, FernáNdez-Mas R, AlmazáN-Alvarado S, Torres-GarcÍA ME, Flores G. Electroencephalographic activity in neonatal ventral hippocampus lesion in adult rats. Synapse 2012; 66:738-46. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.21563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bringas ME, Morales-Medina JC, Flores-Vivaldo Y, Negrete-Diaz JV, Aguilar-Alonso P, León-Chávez BA, Lazcano-Ortiz Z, Monroy E, Rodríguez-Moreno A, Quirion R, Flores G. Clozapine administration reverses behavioral, neuronal, and nitric oxide disturbances in the neonatal ventral hippocampus rat. Neuropharmacology 2012; 62:1848-57. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Revised: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 12/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vázquez-Roque RA, Ramos B, Tecuatl C, Juárez I, Adame A, de la Cruz F, Zamudio S, Mena R, Rockenstein E, Masliah E, Flores G. Chronic administration of the neurotrophic agent cerebrolysin ameliorates the behavioral and morphological changes induced by neonatal ventral hippocampus lesion in a rat model of schizophrenia. J Neurosci Res 2012; 90:288-306. [PMID: 21932359 PMCID: PMC3370993 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2011] [Revised: 06/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion (nVHL) in rats has been widely used as a neurodevelopmental model to mimic schizophrenia-like behaviors. Recently, we reported that nVHLs result in dendritic retraction and spine loss in prefrontal cortex (PFC) pyramidal neurons and medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Cerebrolysin (Cbl), a neurotrophic peptide mixture, has been reported to ameliorate the synaptic and dendritic pathology in models of aging and neurodevelopmental disorder such as Rett syndrome. This study sought to determine whether Cbl was capable of reducing behavioral and neuronal alterations in nVHL rats. The behavioral analysis included locomotor activity induced by novel environment and amphetamine, social interaction, and sensoriomotor gating. The morphological evaluation included dendritic analysis by using the Golgi-Cox procedure and stereology to quantify the total cell number in PFC and NAcc. Behavioral data show a reduction in the hyperresponsiveness to novel environment- and amphetamine-induced locomotion, with an increase in the total time spent in social interactions and in prepulse inhibition in Cbl-treated nVHL rats. In addition, neuropathological analysis of the limbic regions also showed amelioration of dendritic retraction and spine loss in Cbl-treated nVHL rats. Cbl treatment also ameliorated dendritic pathology and neuronal loss in the PFC and NAcc in nVHL rats. This study demonstrates that Cbl promotes behavioral improvements and recovery of dendritic neuronal damage in postpubertal nVHL rats and suggests that Cbl may have neurotrophic effects in this neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. These findings support the possibility that Cbl has beneficial effects in the management of schizophrenia symptoms.
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- Rubén Antonio Vázquez-Roque
- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
- Departamento de Fisiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F., México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México D.F., México
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
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Differential Effect of the Dopamine D3 Agonist (±)-7-Hydroxy-2-(N,N-di-n-propylamino) Tetralin (7-OH-DPAT) on Motor Activity between Adult Wistar and Sprague-Dawley Rats after a Neonatal Ventral Hippocampus Lesion. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2011; 2011:648960. [PMID: 25954521 PMCID: PMC4412050 DOI: 10.1155/2011/648960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
The neonatal ventral hippocampal lesion (nVHL) has been widely used as an animal model for schizophrenia. Rats with an nVHL show several delayed behavioral alterations that mimic some symptoms of schizophrenia. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats with an nVHL have a decrease in D3 receptors in limbic areas, but the expression of D3 receptors in Wistar (W) rats with an nVHL is unknown. The 7-Hydroxy-2-(N,N-di-n-propylamino) tetralin (7-OH-DPAT) has been reported as a D3-preferring agonist. Thus, we investigated the effect of (±)-7-OH-DPAT (0.25 mg/kg) on the motor activity in male adult W and SD rats after an nVHL. The 7-OH-DPAT caused a decrease in locomotion of W rats with an nVHL, but it did not change the locomotion of SD rats with this lesion. Our results suggest that the differential effect of 7-OH-DPAT between W and SD rats with an nVHL could be caused by a different expression of the D3 receptors. These results may have implications for modeling interactions of genetic and environmental factors involved in schizophrenia.
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Solis O, Vázquez-Roque RA, Camacho-Abrego I, Gamboa C, De La Cruz F, Zamudio S, Flores G. Decreased dendritic spine density of neurons of the prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens and enhanced amphetamine sensitivity in postpubertal rats after a neonatal amygdala lesion. Synapse 2009; 63:1143-53. [DOI: 10.1002/syn.20697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Morales-Medina JC, Mejorada A, Romero-Curiel A, Aguilar-Alonso P, León-Chávez BA, Gamboa C, Quirion R, Flores G. Neonatal administration of N-omega-nitro-l-arginine induces permanent decrease in NO levels and hyperresponsiveness to locomotor activity by d-amphetamine in postpubertal rats. Neuropharmacology 2008; 55:1313-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2008] [Revised: 06/26/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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