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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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[en] BEHAVIORAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL EVALUATION BETWEEN ANXIETY AND PANIC IN ANIMALS MODELS / [pt] AVALIAÇÃO COMPORTAMENTAL E FARMACOLÓGICA DA RELAÇÃO ENTRE ANSIEDADE E PÂNICO EM MODELOS ANIMAIS

BRUNO DE OLIVEIRA GALVAO 13 May 2008 (has links)
[pt] A matéria cinzenta periaquedutal dorsal (MCPD) é associada com comportamento defensivo e ataques de pânico em humanos. Estimulações elétricas ou farmacológicas da MCPD induzem a reações aversivas de corrida e pulo em ratos. Os resultados no experimento 1 indicaram que animais submetidos a um contexto previamente associado com choques nas patas, obtiveram um comportamento defensivo de congelamento robusto e tiveram menores reações defensivas de corridas e pulos através da microinjeção de de 0.3 µl N-metil-D- aspartato (NMDA; 15.0 mg/kg), quando comparado com o grupo controle que não foi exposto ao procedimento de medo ao contexto. No experimento 2, o efeito de injeções de pentilenotetrazol (PTZ; 15.0 mg/kg i.p.) em ratos microinjetados com NMDA nas reações de corridas e pulos foi investigado. Os resultados mostraram que o PTZ (1ml/100gr) foi capaz de minimizar as reações aversivas de corridas e pulos induzidas pela microinjeção de NMDA na MCPD. Esses resultados sugerem que a ativação de mecanismos cerebrais que permeiam a ansiedade produzem um efeito inibitório em ataques de pânico. / [en] The dorsal portion of the periaqueductal gray (DPAG) is notably associated with defensive behavior and panic attacks in humans. Electrical or pharmacological stimulation of the DPAG induces aversive reactions such as running and jumping in rats. Our results indicate that animals exposed to contextual cues, that were previously associated with electrical footshocks, engaged in robust defensive freezing behavior and were less likely to display running and jumping defensive reactions by microinjection of 0.3 µl N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; 15.0 mg/kg) into DPAG when compared with control animals that were not exposed to the context fear conditioning procedure. Furthermore the effect of pentylenotetrazole injections (PTZ; 15.0 mg/kg i.p.) in microinjected NMDA rats in aversive reactions of running and jumping was investigated. The result showed that PTZ dose (1ml/100gr) was capable to minimize the aversive reactions of running and jumping induced by microinjection of NMDA into DPAG. These results suggest that activation of the brain mechanisms that underlie anxiety produces an inhibitory effect on panic attacks.

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