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Neuroscience ; 241: 170-87, 2013 Jun 25.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23535253

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Valproic acid (VPA) is a blocker of histone deacetylase widely used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorders, and migraine; its administration during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child. Thus, prenatal VPA exposure has emerged as a rodent model of ASD. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effect of prenatal administration of VPA (500mg/kg) at E12.5 on the exploratory behavior and locomotor activity in a novel environment, as well as on neuronal morphological rearrangement in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), in the hippocampus, in the nucleus accumbens (NAcc), and in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) at three different ages: immediately after weaning (postnatal day 21 [PD21]), prepubertal (PD35) and postpubertal (PD70) ages. Hyper-locomotion was observed in a novel environment in VPA animals at PD21 and PD70. Interestingly, exploratory behavior assessed by the hole board test at PD70 showed a reduced frequency but an increase in the duration of head-dippings in VPA-animals compared to vehicle-treated animals. In addition, the latency to the first head-dip was longer in prenatal VPA-treated animals at PD70. Quantitative morphological analysis of dendritic spine density revealed a reduced number of spines at PD70 in the PFC, dorsal hippocampus and BLA, with an increase in the dendritic spine density in NAcc and ventral hippocampus, in prenatal VPA-treated rats. In addition, at PD70 increases in neuronal arborization were observed in the NAcc, layer 3 of the PFC, and BLA, with retracted neuronal arborization in the ventral and dorsal hippocampus. Our results extend the list of altered behaviors (exploratory behavior) detected in this model of ASD, and indicate that the VPA behavioral phenotype is accompanied by previously undescribed morphological rearrangement in limbic regions.


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Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/fisiopatologia , Dendritos/patologia , Comportamento Exploratório/fisiologia , Sistema Límbico/patologia , Animais , Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/induzido quimicamente , Transtornos Globais do Desenvolvimento Infantil/patologia , Dendritos/efeitos dos fármacos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Comportamento Exploratório/efeitos dos fármacos , Feminino , Inibidores de Histona Desacetilases/toxicidade , Gravidez , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/patologia , Efeitos Tardios da Exposição Pré-Natal/fisiopatologia , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Ácido Valproico/toxicidade
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