Background. To examine the role of parental psychopathology and family environment for the risk of social anxiety disorder (SAD) in offspring from childhood to early adulthood, covering an observational period of 10 years. Method. A community sample of 1,395 adolescents (aged 14 to 17 years at baseline) was prospectively followed-up over the core high risk period for SAD onset. DSM-IV offspring and parental psychopathology was assessed using the Munich-Composite International Diagnostic Interview; direct diagnostic interviews in parents were supplemented by family history reports from offspring. Parental rearing was assessed by the Questionnaire of Recalled Rearing Behavior in offspring, family functioning by the McMaster Family Assessment Device in parents. Results. Parental SAD was associated with the offspring’s risk to develop SAD (OR = 3.3, 95%CI: 1.4-8.0). Additionally, other parental anxiety disorders (OR = 2.9, 95%CI: 1.4-6.1), depression (OR = 2.6, 95%CI: 1.2-5.4) and alcohol use disorders (OR = 2.8, 95%CI: 1.3-6.1) were associated with offspring SAD. Offspring’s reports of parental overprotection, rejection and lack of emotional warmth, but not parental reports of family functioning were associated with offspring SAD. Analyses of interaction of parental psychopathology and parental rearing indicated combined effects on the risk for offspring SAD. Conclusions. These findings extend previous results in showing that both parental psychopathology and parental rearing are consistently associated with the risk for offspring SAD. As independent and interactive effects of parental psychopathology and parental rearing may have already manifested in early adolescence, these factors appear crucial and promising for targeted prevention programs.

Hintergrund. In klinischen und epidemiologischen Untersuchungen wurden retrospektiv Assoziationen zwischen Angst- und Alkoholstörungen bestätigt. Bei Personen, die von beiden Störungen betroffen waren, fand man restrospektiv meist einen früheren Beginn der Angststörungen im Vergleich zu den Alkoholstörungen, was kausal im Sinne der Selbstmedikationshypothese interpretiert wurde. Diese konnte bisher nicht eindeutig bestätigt werden. Zur Aufklärung notwendige prospektive Untersuchungen, die Angststörungen auf diagnostischer Ebene erfassen, zwischen verschiedenen Angststörungen unterscheiden und sich auf Jugendliche beziehen, fehlen bisher. Fragestellung. Die Bedeutung von Angststörungen für die Entwicklung von erhöhtem Alkoholkonsum und Alkoholstörungen bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen. Methodik. Die Analysen basieren auf den Daten der prospektiv-longitudinalen EDSP-Studie (Follow-Up: insg. 4 Jahre) mit einer epidemiologischen, repräsentativen Stichprobe von 3021 Personen im Alter zwischen 14 und 24 Jahre zu T0 aus München und Umland. Zur Erhebung von DSM-IV-Diagnosen wurde das M-CIDI verwendet. Ergebnisse. Primäre Panikstörungen, Panikattacken und Soziale Phobie erwiesen sich prospektiv als spezifische Prädiktoren für Beginn und Aufrechterhaltung von Alkoholproblemen. Umgekehrt waren Alkoholprobleme mit einem erhöhten Risiko für den Beginn von Sozialer Phobie und GAS assoziiert. Bezüglich DSM-IV Diagnosekriterien fanden sich phobische Ängste sowie Episoden intensiver Angst als Risikofaktoren für den Beginn von Alkoholproblemen. Vermeidungsverhalten war mit einem verminderten Risiko für nachfolgende Alkoholprobleme verbunden. Schlussfolgerungen. Maßnahmen zur Prävention von Alkoholproblemen können sich zielgruppenorientiert an Jugendliche mit Sozialer Phobie und Paniksymptomatik richten. Bei Patienten, die sich wegen Alkoholproblemen in Behandlung begeben, ist eine umfassende Diagnostik zur Identifikation zusätzlicher Angststörungen ratsam. / Background. Many clinical and epidemiological studies have documented significant cross-sectional comorbidities between anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders. Analysis of retrospective age-of-onset reports suggests that the anxiety disorders often start earlier than the alcohol disorders. These data have often been interpreted in terms of a self-medication-model implying a causal mechanism. Overall, in former studies this model couldn't definitely be proofed. Prospective studies that follow a sample of adolescents into adulthood assessing different anxiety disorders on an diagnostic level are needed to confirm these associations. Methods. Baseline and four-year-follow-up data from the EDSP-Study, a prospective community survey of 3021 (2548 at follow-up) adolescents and young adults aged 14 to 24 years at baseline carried out in Munich, were used. DSM-IV anxiety disorders, alcohol use and alcohol use disorders were assessed with the M-CIDI. Results. While in retrospective analyses strong associations between nearly all anxiety disorders and alcohol problems, especially harmful use and dependence, were found, prospective analyses showed that only primary panic disorder, panic attack and social phobia are specific predictors of subsequent onset and persistence of alcohol problems. Contrary, primary alcohol problems were related to subsequent onset of social phobia and GAD. Considering the different DSM-IV-criteria, phobic anxiety as well as episodes of intensive anxiety were found to be risk factors for the following onset of alcohol problems. Avoidance behavior was associated with a lower risk for subsequent alcohol problems. Conclusions. Alcohol prevention programs could be directed to target groups with social phobia and panic. Patients with alcohol problems should carefully be screened for comorbid anxiety disorders. In order to prevent relapses the treating of social phobia and panic should be part of the therapy with comorbid alcohol patients.

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L’objectif de la présente thèse était de caractériser le sommeil d’un groupe clinique d’enfants et d’adolescents ayant un trouble d’anxiété comme diagnostic primaire et le comparer à un groupe témoin. Dans un premier temps, nous avons vérifié si le profil de la fréquence cardiaque nocturne des enfants et des adolescents pouvait être regroupé selon le diagnostic. Pour ce faire, la fréquence cardiaque nocturne de 67 adolescents anxieux et 19 sujets non anxieux a été enregistrée à l’aide d’un équipement ambulatoire. Les résultats de cette étude montrent que le profil de la fréquence cardiaque nocturne chez les enfants anxieux varie selon le diagnostic. Alors que les adolescents non anxieux montrent un profil de la fréquence cardiaque nocturne plat, on retrouve les associations suivantes chez les adolescents ayant un trouble anxieux : a) un profil croissant de la fréquence cardiaque chez les adolescents ayant un trouble d’anxiété de séparation; b) un profil décroissant de la fréquence cardiaque chez les adolescents ayant un trouble d’anxiété généralisé; c) un profil en forme de U chez les adolescents ayant un trouble d’anxiété sociale. De plus, une association significative a été observée entre le diagnostic et la présence de fatigue matinale. L’association d’un profil de la fréquence cardiaque nocturne avec un diagnostic d’anxiété suggère la présence d’une dysrégulation de la modulation chronobiologique du système nerveux autonome. Étant donné que le profil de la fréquence cardiaque nocturne s’exprime différemment selon le diagnostic, qu’en est-il de l’architecture du sommeil? Dans un deuxième temps, nous avons enregistré le sommeil en laboratoire d’un groupe clinique de 19 jeunes ayant un trouble d’anxiété comme diagnostic primaire, avec comorbidités et médication et comparé à 19 jeunes non anxieux. Les résultats de cette étude ont montré que les participants du groupe anxieux ont une latence au sommeil plus longue, une latence au sommeil paradoxal plus longue et une durée d’éveil plus longue lorsque comparé au groupe témoin. L’évaluation subjective de la qualité du sommeil chez le groupe d’adolescents anxieux montre que leur auto-évaluation reflète les valeurs enregistrées en laboratoire. Nous avons également observé chez le groupe anxieux une fréquence cardiaque moyenne plus élevée et un index plus élevé d’apnée-hypopnée, bien que non pathologique. Nous avons également observé une association positive entre l’anxiété de trait et l’indice d’apnée-hypopnée et la latence au sommeil, ainsi qu’une association positive entre l’anxiété manifeste et la latence au sommeil paradoxal. Ces résultats suggèrent que le sommeil chez cette population est altéré, que des signes d’hypervigilance physiologique sont présents et qu'une association existe entre ces deux paramètres. Finalement, dans la troisième étude de cette thèse, nous avons analysé l’activité cardiaque pendant le sommeil en utilisant les paramètres temporels et fréquentiels de la variabilité cardiaque chez un groupe clinique de dix-sept enfants et adolescents ayant un trouble d’anxiété comme diagnostic primaire avec comorbidité et médication, et comparé à un groupe non anxieux. Les résultats ont montré que les participants du groupe anxieux, lorsque comparés au groupe non anxieux, présentent des intervalles interbattements plus courts, un indice temporel de la variabilité cardiaque représentant la branche parasympathique moindre, une activité des hautes fréquences normalisées moindre et un ratio basse fréquence sur haute fréquence augmenté. Plusieurs corrélations ont été observées entre les mesures cliniques de l’anxiété et les mesures de la variabilité cardiaque. Ces résultats viennent ajouter à la littérature actuelle un volet descriptif clinique à ce jour non documenté, soit l’impact de l’anxiété pathologique chez un groupe clinique d’enfants et d’adolescents sur le processus normal du sommeil et sur la régulation de la fréquence cardiaque. En résumé, les résultats de ces trois études ont permis de documenter chez un groupe clinique d’enfants et d’adolescents ayant de l’anxiété pathologique, la présence d’une altération circadienne du profil de la fréquence cardiaque, d’une architecture altérée du sommeil ainsi qu’une dysrégulation du système nerveux contrôlant l’activité cardiaque. / The aim of this thesis was to characterize, in a clinical group of children and adolescents with anxiety disorder as a primary diagnostic, the sleep period and to compare it to a control group. Firstly, we have verified if the nocturnal sleep pattern of children and adolescents could be grouped by psychiatric disorders. Sixty-seven children and adolescents with anxiety disorders and nineteen non anxious match controls were monitored using ambulatory recording equipment. Results showed that nocturnal heart rate pattern of anxious adolescents would vary accordingly with the diagnosis. While non anxious adolescents exhibit a flat nocturnal heart rate pattern through the night, anxious participants showed the following associations: a) increased nocturnal heart rate pattern associated with separation anxiety disorder; b) decreased nocturnal heart rate pattern associated with generalized anxiety disorder; and c) U shape nocturnal heart rate pattern associated with social phobia. Moreover, a significant association was found between anxiety diagnosis and presence of morning fatigue. The association between nocturnal heart rate patterns with anxiety suggests that the circadian modulation of heart rate is dysregulated, but what about the sleep macrostructure? Secondly, we have monitored in a sleep laboratory a clinical sample of nineteen adolescents with pathological anxiety, comorbidity and medication, and compared it to nineteen non anxious match controls. Results showed that anxious participants had longer sleep latency, longer REM sleep latency and longer awake period during sleep when compared to control participants. Compared to control participants, anxious patients subjectively reported sleep disturbances, manifested objective sleep disorders and presented no adaptation to the laboratory environment. Moreover, higher nocturnal heart rate and higher apnea-hypopnea index were observed in anxious group when compared to non anxious group. Significant positive associations were observed between Trait anxiety and apnea-hypopnea index as well as for sleep latency while manifest anxiety was associated to REM sleep latency. Results suggest that sleep of children and adolescents with pathological anxiety is altered, that signs of physiological hypervigilance are observed and that both are associated. Following previous results, we have analyzed in a third study heart rate variability during nocturnal sleep using both, times and frequency domains in a clinical sample group of seventeen children and adolescents with anxiety disorder as primary diagnostic with comorbidity and medication. Results showed that anxious when compared to non anxious, had a shorter interbeat interval, and had lower rMSSD values, less high frequency in normalized units and higher low frequency/high frequency ratio. Correlations were observed between clinical anxiety scores and time and frequency domains of heart rate variability. These results add to the growing body of literature that pathological anxiety in a clinical group of children and adolescents impact on sleep process and heart rate regulation during sleep. Overall findings add to the growing body of recent clinical literature, a sleep alteration description of a clinical sample of children and adolescents. From the three studies of this thesis, results showed that circadian heart rate pattern is altered, that sleep architecture is altered, and that the time and frequency domain of nocturnal heart rate variability is altered in a clinical group of children and adolescents with pathological anxiety.

Pathologische Sorgen sind ungenau definiert. Für die Behandlungsplanung bleiben wichtige Fragen offen: Welche Merkmale sind für die Unterscheidung zwischen behandlungsbedürftigen und nicht behandlungsbedürftigen Sorgen relevant? Welche Art von Sorgen muss wie behandelt werden? Und: Welche Art von Sorgen gilt es eher zu akzeptieren? Wir machen praxisnahe Vorschläge dafür, wie Sorgen mittels einer einfachen Heuristik auch vom Patienten selbst als «pathologisch» identifiziert werden können. Im Sinne eines therapeutischen Arbeitsmodells ergeben sich differentielle Bearbeitungsstrategien, je nachdem, ob es sich um wichtige oder weniger wichtige, auf lösbare oder unlösbare Probleme bezogene sowie angemessene oder überzogene Sorgen handelt. Das vorgestellte Arbeitsblatt zu den Sorgen soll vor allem die wahrgenommene Kontrolle des Patienten stärken und die Psychoedukation zur Generalisierten Angststörung erleichtern. / Pathological worries have not yet been clearly defined. As a consequence, practically relevant questions remain open: Which characteristics distinguish worries relevant for treatment from those which are not? What kind of worries has to be treated in which way? And: What kind of worries is rather to be accepted? We propose a simple rationale which helps the therapist and the patient to identify pathological worries. According to this working model, different treatment strategies result depending on whether worries are central or not, whether they relate to a problem which can be solved or not, and whether they seem proportionate or exaggerated. The presented worksheet is meant to strengthen the perceived control of the patient and to help facilitate psychoeducation for generalised anxiety disorder. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

Background: Worry exposure (WE) is a core element of cognitive-behavioral treatment for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Its efficacy as a stand-alone treatment method (without further cognitive-behavioral therapy interventions) has never been tested.We aimed to examine whether WE alone is as efficacious as the empirically supported stand-alone treatment for GAD, applied relaxation (AR). Methods: In a randomized controlled study, 73 outpatients meeting DSM-IV criteria for GAD as primary diagnosis were allocated to either WE or AR or a waiting list control group; in a 2nd randomization procedure the waiting list subjects were reallocated to WE or AR. The treatment was manualized (15 sessions with WE or AR), included 6-month and 1-year follow-ups, as well as last observation carried forward and completer analyses, and was controlled for allegiance effects.The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale and the State-Trait Anxiety Scale were used as primary outcome measures. Self-report scales of anxiety, worrying and depression including negative metacognition about worrying and thought suppression served as secondary outcome measures. Results: The dropout rate was moderate. The pre-/posttreatment effects were high for the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (standardized mean difference >1) and for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (standardized mean difference >0.87). The proportion of patients reaching high end state functioning was 48% (WE) and 56% (AR). WE and AR did not differ with regard to dropout rate or treatment effects. The treatment effects were stable at 6 month and 1 year follow-up. Conclusion: This is the first study to show that a stand-alone exposure in sensu technique – WE – is efficacious in the treatment of GAD. Both AR and WE seem to represent effective principles of change in GAD. / Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich.

Submitted by VINICIUS DIAS KUMPEL null (vinicius.biotec.assis@gmail.com) on 2016-05-10T13:33:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Repositório Institucional Unesp.pdf: 6874433 bytes, checksum: 343f11878b45b778f98411f90032c73f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Felipe Augusto Arakaki (arakaki@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-05-13T11:50:11Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 kumpel_vd_me_assis.pdf: 6874433 bytes, checksum: 343f11878b45b778f98411f90032c73f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-05-13T11:50:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 kumpel_vd_me_assis.pdf: 6874433 bytes, checksum: 343f11878b45b778f98411f90032c73f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-17 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Ainda pouco se conhece a respeito da atividade serotonérgica sobre receptores 5-HT1A no hipocampo ventral na regulação de diferentes tipos de ansiedade. O Labirinto em T elevado (LTE) é um teste que avalia separadamente dois subtipos de ansiedade: a ansiedade generalizada e o pânico, respectivamente através da avaliação dos comportamentos defensivos de esquivas inibitórias e das fugas. Assim, este estudo teve por objetivo investigar o envolvimento de receptores 5-HT1A no HV sobre a manifestação dos transtornos de ansiedade generalizada (TAG) e pânico (TP) no LTE, tendo como parâmetro a ativação de receptores gabaérgicos (GABAA) nessa área do hipocampo. Foram conduzidos dois experimentos em ratos Wistar: o Experimento 1, visando avaliar o efeito do midazolam (10, 20 ou 40nmol) - um benzodiazepínico que potencializa a ação do GABA em receptores GABAA; e o Experimento 2, para avaliar o efeito de 8-OH-DPAT (0,6, 3 ou 15nmol) – um agonista de receptores 5-HT1A. Animais dos grupos controles nos dois experimentos foram tratados com salina. Dez minutos após as microinjeções foram submetidos ao LTE para avaliação das latências (em segundos) para esquivas e fugas. Imediatamente após, os animais foram colocados no centro da arena para avaliação da atividade motora (número de quadrados percorridos). Os resultados apontaram que a maior dose de midazolam microinjetada no hipocampo ventral causou ansiólise, comprovada pela diminuição na latência das esquivas em relação aos animais controles e àqueles tratados com 10nmol do mesmo fármaco. Resultado semelhante foi constatado nas três doses de 8-OH-DPAT. Não se observou qualquer alteração nas fugas, e nem na atividade motora dos animais tratados com qualquer um dos fármacos testados. Essas evidências comportamentais indicam que a ativação de receptores 5-HT1A no HV diminuiu o comportamento de esquiva dos animais, sem afetar as respostas de fugas, semelhantemente ao que se observou em decorrência da ação do midazolam sobre receptores GABAA. Esses resultados indicam um envolvimento desses receptores na regulação do TAG, mas não do TP. / The little is known about the serotoninergic activity on 5-HT1A receptors in the ventral hippocampus in the regulation of different types of anxiety. The Elevated T Maze (ETM) is a test that evaluates separately two subtypes of anxiety: generalized anxiety and panic, respectively by evaluating the defensive behaviors of inhibitory avoidance and escapes. Therefore this study aimed to investigate the involvement of 5-HT1A receptors in VH on the manifestation of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and Panic (PD) in ETM, having as parameter the activation of gabaergic receptors (GABAA) in that area of the hippocampus. Two experiments were conducted in rats: Experiment 1, to evaluate the effect of midazolam (10, 20 or 40nmol) – a benzodiazepine that potentiates the action of the GABA on GABAA receptors; and Experiment 2 to evaluate the effect of 8-OH-DPAT (0.6, 3 or 15nmol) - an agonist of 5-HT1A receptors. Animal control groups in both experiments were treated with saline. Ten minutes after microinjection, the animals were submitted for evaluation to the ETM latencies (in seconds) for avoidances and escapes. Immediately after, the animals were placed in the center of the arena to eavaluation of motor activity (number of covered squares). The results showed that the highest dose of midazolam microinjected in the ventral hippocampus caused anxiolysis, evidenced by the decrease in latency of avoidances compared to controls and those treated animals 10nmol of the same drug. A similar result was observed at all three doses of 8-OH-DPAT. There was no change in the escapes, nor the motor activity of animals treated with any of the drugs tested. These behavioral evidence indicates that activation of 5-HT1A receptors in VH decreases the behavior of avoidance of the animals without affecting the escape response, similar to what was observed due to the action of midazolam on the GABAA receptors. These results indicate an involvement of these receptors in the regulation of GAD, but not of PD.

Submitted by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-12-16T18:16:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese. Karina Araújo. 2013.pdf: 1139255 bytes, checksum: db79657880bc4804261a241d43cae1bd (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-12-16T18:17:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese. Karina Araújo. 2013.pdf: 1139255 bytes, checksum: db79657880bc4804261a241d43cae1bd (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-12-16T18:17:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese. Karina Araújo. 2013.pdf: 1139255 bytes, checksum: db79657880bc4804261a241d43cae1bd (MD5) / Trabalho e família são domínios que concentram a maioria das relações sociais estabelecidas na vida adulta e a multiplicidade de papéis sociais desempenhados por mulheres e homens. O conflito trabalho-família, que emerge da incompatibilidade das demandas entre estas esferas, tem sido associado a efeitos deletérios à saúde, afetando de forma assimétrica mulheres e homens. Há escassez de estudos desta natureza no Brasil e a realização desta investigação com dados do Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil) pretendeu contribuir para o conhecimento sobre determinantes sociais da saúde de adultos brasileiros, sob a perspectiva de gênero. O objetivo foi analisar as associações entre conflito trabalho-família e excesso de peso corporal e ansiedade em mulheres e homens no Brasil. Foram utilizados dados da linha de base da coorte ELSA-Brasil, realizada entre 2008 e 2010, quando foram coletados entrevistas, medidas e exames clínicos. Foram escolhidas e incluídas nas análises variáveis relacionadas aos domínios do trabalho e da família. Foram realizadas análises psicométricas de itens para mensurar o construto conflito trabalho-família, além de modelos de regressão logística para testes de associação entre exposição e desfechos. As análises foram estratificadas por sexo. Gênero foi a categoria analítica que orientou as discussões dos resultados, que estão apresentados sob a forma de três artigos para publicação em revistas de circulação nacional e internacional. O primeiro artigo apresenta a análise de propriedades psicométricas dos itens para mensuração do conflito entre trabalho e família, cujos resultados foram aceitáveis e deram origem às variáveis de exposição dos demais artigos. No segundo artigo foi testada a hipótese de associação entre conflito trabalho-família-tempo para si e transtorno de ansiedade generalizada (TAG). Os resultados evidenciaram associação positiva entre a percepção de alto conflito trabalho-família-tempo para si e TAG, de maior magnitude entre as mulheres. No terceiro artigo realizou-se o teste da hipótese de associação entre tempo insuficiente para cuidado pessoal e lazer e o excesso de peso corporal. Evidenciou-se associação positiva entre tempo insuficiente para o cuidado pessoal e lazer e a ocorrência de sobrepeso e obesidade entre mulheres que referiram maior jornada semanal de trabalho profissional. A abordagem do conflito entre trabalho e família e sua relação com desfechos de saúde deve ser aprofundada em estudos futuros.

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Os efeitos desejados ocorrem somente após administração crônica, em torno de 3 a 4 semanas após o início do tratamento, com aumento dos sintomas de ansiedade no início da terapia farmacológica, ocasionando a descontinuidade do uso desses fármacos. Além disso, há relatos de resistência a esse tipo de tratamento. Visando encontrar soluções para tais problemas, fundamentados em estudos que mostraram que mecanismos opioides favorecem a atividade inibitória da serotonina em neurônios da Substância Cinzenta Pereiaquedutal Dorsal que modulam a fuga/pânico, o presente estudo teve por objetivo investigar o efeito da Buprenorfina, um agonista parcial de receptores µ-opioide e antagonista de receptores κ-opioide, como agente ansiolítico e anti-pânico, como também avaliar se o efeito ansiolítico e antipânico da Fluoxetina seriam antecipados pela associação com a Buprenorfina. Foram realizados 3 experimentos utilizando ratos machos Wistar com peso médio de 200g no início das sessões experimentais: 1. Tratamento agudo com Buprenorfina IP nas doses (0,015mg/Kg, 0,03mg/Kg 0,3mg/Kg), tendo como controle positivo o Alprazolam IP (4mg/Kg); 2. Tratamento subcrônico 3 dias com Buprenorfina IP (0,3mg/Kg); 3. Tratamento agudo com Buprenorfina (0,3mg/Kg) - associado ao tratamento subcrônico com Fluoxetina 3 dias IP, (10mg/Kg). Após os tratamentos, os animais foram submetidos à avaliação comportamental no Labirinto em T Elevado (LTE) e, subsequentemente, ao Campo Aberto e no Teste de Transição Claro-Escuro. No experimento 1 o teste comportamental foi repetido 24 horas após a primeira avaliação comportamental. Os resultados mostraram que a Buprenorfina nas doses maiores diminuiu a latência das esquivas, sem alteração das fugas no LTE, diferentemente do que se constatou no tratamento agudo com o Alprazolam, o qual diminuiu também as esquivas, mas aumentou a latência nas fugas, efeitos esses interpretados respectivamente como, ansiolítico e panicolítico. Vinte e quatro horas depois não se constatou mais efeito do Alprazolam, e o efeito da Buprenorfina sobre as esquivas só foi identificado na maior dose e apenas na LB. Em nenhuma das duas situações houve aumento de atividade motora. No teste de Transição Claro-Escuro não se constatou efeito expressivo nas condições estudadas, apenas possibilitou a escolha da maior dose para a continuidade do estudo, já que a intermediária aumentou a atividade motora nesse teste 24h após a injeção. A Buprenorfina administrada subcronicamente também diminuiu as esquivas, sem afetar a latência das fugas e o comportamento motor no campo aberto. Também não se identificou alterações no Teste de Transição Claro-escuro. A Buprenorfina antecipou o efeito ansiolítico da Fluoxetina, sem afetar as respostas relacionadas com a manifestação do pânico. Entretanto não houve confirmação dos achados no outro teste de ansiedade. Conclui-se que a Buprenorfina, administrada de forma aguda e subcrônica, diminuiu os comportamentos defensivos relacionados com a ansiedade generalizada, e antecipou o efeito ansiolítico da Fluoxetina, podendo se constituir em uma opção relevante no tratamento dos transtornos de ansiedade na clínica, devido à sua baixa capacidade de causar efeitos adversos e também diante da possibilidade de antecipar os efeitos benéficos da fluoxetina, apenas com uma injeção / Antidepressant drugs such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are used in the treatment of anxiety, panic and other mental disorders. The desired effects occur only after chronic administration, around 3 to 4 weeks after starting treatment, with increased anxiety symptoms at the beginning of pharmacological therapy, causing the discontinuation of the use of these drugs. In addition, there are reports of resistance to this type of treatment. Aiming to find solutions for such problems, based on studies that showed that opioid mechanisms favor the serotonin inhibitory activity in SCPD neurons that modulate scape / panic, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of Buprenorphine, a partial agonist of μ receptors - opioid and antagonist κ receptor - opioid as anxiolytic and anti-panic agents as well as assessing whether the anxiolytic and antipanic effect of Fluoxetine would be anticipated by association with Buprenorphine.Three experiments were performed using male Wistar rats weighing 200g at the beginning of the experimental sessions: 1. Acute treatment with Buprenorphine IP at doses (0,015mg / kg, 0,03mg / kg 0,3mg / kg) or Alprazolam IP (4mg / kg); 2. Subchronic treatment 3 days with Buprenorphine IP (0,3mg / kg); 3. Acute treatment with Buprenorphine (0,3mg / kg) - associated to the subchronic treatment with Fluoxetine 3 days IP, (10mg / kg). After the treatments, the animals were submitted to behavioral evaluation in the elevated T maze (LTE) and subsequently to the Open Field and the Light-Dark Transition Test. In experiment 1 the behavioral test was repeated 24 hours after the first behavioral evaluation. The results showed that Buprenorphine in the larger doses decreased the manifestation of the elusions, without alterations of the scapes in the LTE, differently from what was observed in the acute treatment with Alprazolam, which also reduced the elusive ones, but increased the latency in the scapes, interpreted respectively as anxiolytic and panicolitic. Twenty-four hours later no effect of Alprazolam was found, and the effect of Buprenorphine on the avoidance was only identified at the highest dose and only at LB. There was no increase in motor activity in either of the two situations. In the Light-Dark Transition test, no significant effect was observed in the conditions studied, it only allowed the choice of the highest dose for the continuity of the study, since the intermediary increased the motor activity in this test 24 hours after the injection.Subchronic administration of buprenorphine also decreased the avoidances without affecting the scapes and motor behavior in the open field. Also, no changes were identified in the Light-Dark Transition Test. Buprenorphine anticipated the anxiolytic effect of Fluoxetine, without affecting the responses related to the manifestation of panic. However, there was no confirmation of the findings in the other anxiety test. It was concluded that acute and subchronic administration of Buprenorphine decreased the defensive behaviors related to generalized anxiety, and anticipated the anxiolytic effect of Fluoxetine, which may constitute a relevant option in the treatment of anxiety disorders in the clinic due to the its low ability to cause adverse effects and also the possibility of anticipating the beneficial effects of fluoxetine with an injection alone

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Agradecemos a compreensão. on 2017-05-08T16:42:03Z (GMT) / Submitted by MARIA EULÁLIA BALEOTTI null (mabaleotti@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-05-09T02:13:09Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Eulalia Baleotti - Unesp - Dissertação versão final _M1_ _T1_.pdf: 1404968 bytes, checksum: ed93838350a715d82b43c32074f22275 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luiz Galeffi (luizgaleffi@gmail.com) on 2017-05-10T17:49:28Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 baleotti_ma_me_assis.pdf: 1404968 bytes, checksum: ed93838350a715d82b43c32074f22275 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-10T17:49:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 baleotti_ma_me_assis.pdf: 1404968 bytes, checksum: ed93838350a715d82b43c32074f22275 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-07 / Fármacos antidepressivos como os inibidores seletivos de recaptação de serotonina (ISRSs; exemplos: fluoxetina e escitalopram) são drogas de primeira escolha no tratamento dos Transtornos de Ansiedade Generalizada (TAG) e do Transtorno do Pânico (TP). No entanto, apesar de eficazes na terapêutica, esses fármacos apresentam limitações no seu uso, tais como: os efeitos desejados ocorrem somente após administração crônica, em torno de 3 a 4 semanas após o início do tratamento; a proporção relativamente alta de pacientes que não respondem à medicação e o frequente aumento nos níveis de ansiedade desse pacientes no início do tratamento, levando à descontinuidade do uso destas drogas. Nesse sentido, há grande interesse na busca de novas estratégias de tratamento, identificando outros sistemas de neurotransmissão que possam estar relacionados à etiologia e, consequentemente, ao tratamento desses transtornos de ansiedade. Estudos prévios apontaram o envolvimento de opioides endógenos na modulação da ansiedade. Mais especificamente em relação ao TP, já se constatou que mecanismos opioides favorecem a atividade inibitória da serotonina em neurônios da Substância Cinzenta Periaquedutal Dorsal (SCPD) que modulam a fuga/pânico, possivelmente por meio da formação de heterodímeros entre receptores 5-HT1A e μ-opioide. Com base em tais aspectos, o presente estudo teve por objetivo investigar o efeito da Buprenorfina, um agonista parcial de receptores µ-opioide e antagonista de receptores κ-opioide, sobre a manifestação de comportamentos defensivos relacionados com o TAG e com o TP. O uso de agonistas parciais justifica-se pela possibilidade de atenuar efeitos adversos sobrevindos do uso contínuo de agonistas plenos para os receptores µ-opioide, tais como a euforia, a tolerância e a dependência. Para isto, foram conduzidos dois experimentos utilizando ratos Wistar, seguindo-se em cada um deles dois tipos de avaliação: Teste de analgesia, como parâmetro da eficácia do fármaco e testes comportamentais Labirinto em T Elevado (LTE), Campo Aberto e Transição Claro-Escuro. No primeiro experimento foi implantado cirurgicamente um adesivo de Buprenorfina (5mg) entre a pele e o tecido subcutâneo, cujas avaliações foram conduzidas 27 horas após o implante. No segundo experimento utilizou-se um extrato liofilizado da Buprenorfina a partir dos adesivos, em 3 doses diferentes: 1,5 mg/kg; 3,0 mg/kg; 6,0 mg/kg. Todas as avaliações ocorreram 10 minutos após as injeções intraperitoneais. Os resultados mostraram que a Buprenorfina nas doses e vias estudadas desinibiu o comportamento de esquivas inibitórias no LTE e o comportamento motor dos ratos no Teste do Campo Aberto, mas não afetou as fugas no LTE e nem outras manifestações comportamentais no Teste de Transição Claro-Escuro, exceto no implante do adesivo, quando se observou ansiólise nesse teste. Na administração por via IP, esses resultados ocorreram em todos os testes, mas somente na reexposição, 24 horas após a primeira avaliação comportamental. Em conclusão, a Buprenorfina nas doses e vias estudadas apresentou efeito analgésico e desinibiu o comportamento de esquivas e o comportamento motor dos ratos, mas não afetou as fugas, o que indica seu envolvimento na modulação de comportamentos defensivos apenas relacionados com a manifestação da ansiedade generalizada. Nesta dissertação, para maior aprofundamento do tema, foi inicialmente apresentada uma fundamentação teórica geral sobre as variáveis sob foco de investigação. Na sequência, foi exposto um artigo contendo uma fundamentação teórica mais específica, a descrição metodológica, bem como a análise e discussão dos resultados dos experimentos realizados. / Antidepressant drugs such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI; examples: fluoxetine and escitalopram) are first choice drugs for treating Generalized Anxiety Disorders (GAD) and Panic Disorder (PD). However, in spite of being therapeutically effective, such drugs present use limitations, such as: the desired effects occur only after chronic administration, within 3 to 4 weeks after the beginning of treatment; a relatively high proportion of patients who do not respond to the drug and the frequent increase of anxiety levels of such patients at the beginning of the treatment, leading to discontinuity in the use of such drugs. Along these lines, there is a great interest in the search of new treatment strategies, identifying other neurotransmission systems which may be related to the etiology and, consequently, to the treatment of such anxiety disorders. Previous studies pointed to the involvement of endogenous opioids in anxiety modulation. More specifically in relation to PD, one has found out that opioid mechanisms favor the inhibitory activity of serotonin in periaqueductal grey matter (dPAG) neurons which modulate escape/panic, probably by means of the formation of heterodimers between 5-HT1A and μ-opioide receptors. Based on such features, this study was carried out aiming at investigating buprenorfine effects, a partial μ-opioide receptor agonist and κ- opioidereceptor antagonist, on the manifestation of defensive behaviors related to GAD and PD. The use of partial agonists is justified by the possibility of attenuating adverse effects occurred after the continuous use of full agonists for μ- opioidereceptors, such as euphoria, tolerance and dependence. Therefore, two experiments werecarread out using Wistar rat, each one followed by two assessment types: analgesia test, as efficiency parameter of the drug and behavioral tests the elevated T-maze (ETM), Open Field and Light-Dark Transition. In the first experiment was surgically implanted a buprenorfine patch (5 mg) between the skin and the subcutaneous tissue, whose assessments were carried out 27 hours after the implantation. In the second experiment was used a buprenorfine extract based on the patches, with three different doses: 1.5 mg/kg; 3.0 mg/kg; 6.0 mg/kg. All the assessments were carried out 10 minutes after the intra-peritoneal injections. The results showed that buprenorfine administered in the studied doses and means uninhibited the inhibiting escape behavior in LTE and the motor behavior of rat in the Open Field Test, but did not affect escapes in LTE nor in other behavioral manifestations in the Light-Dark Transition Test, with the exception of the patch implant, when we were observed anxiolysis in this test. In the IP administration, such results occurredin all the tests, but only in the re-exposure, 24 hours after the first behavioral assessment. In conclusion, buprenorfine administered in doses and methods produced analgesic effect and impaired of the avoidance, but did not affected the escapes, which shows the involvement of this drug in the modulation of defensive behaviors only related whit manifestation of generalized anxiety. In this dissertation, presented a general theoretical foundation on the variables focused on the investigation and afterwards, a paper with a more specific theoretical foundation, the methodological description, as well as the analysis and discussion of the results yielded in the conducted experiments.