Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:36:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RovenaCGJE_TESE.pdf: 3622694 bytes, checksum: f04b7feec9686941d276f158d103c97b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-21 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The circadian timing system (CTS) is responsible for the generation and synchronization and the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus has been described as the major circadian pacemaker in many mammalian species. The internal temporal organization managed by SCN is disturbed with aging bringing many pathological disorders that range from loss of complex cognitive performance to simple physiological functions. Therefore, our aim was perform a comparative study of the morphological aspects and neurochemical composition in the SCN of marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) adults and older using immunohistochemical techniques. We found morphometric and neurochemical changes in th SCN o folder animals in comparison to adults, among these a possible decreased in retinal projection to the SCN of older animals, found through a decline in CTB immunostaining, which can occur due atrophy and/or decreasing of fibers from the retinohypothalamic tract (RHT). The Kl?ver-Barrera histological technique strongly suggests a decrease in those fibers from RHT. Also, by means of a morphometric study, it is found a atrophy and numerical decline of neurons in SCN of aged animals, investigated by Nissl technique, and immunostaining with NeuN and calbindin. Relative optical density (ROD) analysis were used to evaluate the expression of some neurochemical components in SCN, such as GFAP expression, which was increased in older, result that indirectly reinforces that morphological changes occurs due the aging; the vasoactive intestinal polipeptide (VIP) showed no expression alteration in SCN of older animals; the serotonin (5-HT) was descreased in the dorsomedial portion of the SCN, and neurpeptide Y (NPY) apparently also decrease due to the increase of age. Many of these modifications were seen in other animals, such as rodents, human primates and non-human primates. These data about marmoset comes to add new information of the effect of aging on structures responsibles for the circadian rhytmicity, and that some behavioral changes controlled by th SCN, and founded in aged animals, may be caused by these morphological and neurochemical changes. Although some results have been quantitatively negative, qualitatively all analysis show significant change comparing adult and older animals, perhaps due to a low sampling number. In conclusion, the marmoset presents several morphological and neurochemical changes in the SCN of aged animals compared to adults, which may result in behavioral changes that favor pathology aging related / O sistema de temporiza??o circadiana (STC) ? respons?vel pela gera??o e sincroniza??o dos ritmos circadianos e o n?cleo supraquiasm?tico (NSQ) do hipot?lamo tem sido descrito como o principal marca-passo circadiano em diversas esp?cies de mam?feros. A organiza??o temporal interna comandada pelo NSQ ? perturbada com o avan?o da idade trazendo in?meros transtornos patol?gicos que v?o desde a perda do desempenho cognitivo complexo a fun??es fisiol?gicas simples. Portanto, nosso objetivo foi fazer um estudo comparativo dos aspectos morfol?gicos e da composi??o neuroqu?mica no NSQ de saguis (Callithrix jacchus) adultos e idosos atrav?s de t?cnicas imunoistoqu?mica. Encontramos modifica??es morfom?tricas e neuroqu?micas no NSQ de animais idosos quando comparado aos adultos, dentre essas uma poss?vel diminui??o da proje??o da retina ao NSQ de animais idosos, encontrada atrav?s da diminui??o na imunomarca??o a CTB, que pode ocorrer devido uma atrofia e/ou diminui??o nas fibras provenientes do tracto retinohipotal?mico (TRH). A t?cnica histol?gica de Kl?ver-Barrera sugere realmente haver uma diminui??o dessas fibras que do TRH. Tamb?m ? visto, atrav?s de um estudo morfom?trico, diminui??o e atrofia no n?mero de neur?nios do NSQ de animais idosos, investigados por meio da t?cnica de Nissl, imunomarca??o a NeUN e a calbindina. An?lises por densidade ?ptica relativa (DOR) auxiliaram na avalia??o da express?o de alguns componentes neuroqu?micos do NSQ, como a express?o de GFAP, que foi aumentada em idosos, dado que indiretamente refor?a estar ocorrendo altera??es morfol?gicas decorrentes do envelhecimento; o polipet?deo intestinal vasoativo (VIP) que n?o mostrou altera??o na sua express?o no NSQ de aniamis idosos, a serotonina (5-HT) que se mostrou diminu?da na por??o dorsomedial do NSQ, e o neuropept?deo Y que aparentemente tamb?m diminuiu sua express?o em decorr?ncia do aumento da idade. V?rias dessas modifica??es foram vistas em outros animais roedores, primatas humanos e n?o humanos, o sagui vem adicionar novas informa??es sobre o efeito do envelhecimento nas estruturas respons?veis pela ritmicidade circadiana e que algumas altera??es comportamentais comandadas pelo STC e vistas em animais idosos podem ser provocadas por essas mudan?as morfol?gicas e neuroqu?micas. Embora alguns resultados tenham sido quantitativamente negativos, qualitativamente todas as an?lises mostram subst?ncial mudan?a ao se comparar animais adultos e idosos, talvez em decorr?ncia de um baixo n?mero de amostragem. Em conclus?o, o sagui mostra in?meras altera??es morfol?gicas e neuroqu?micas no NSQ de animais idosos quando comparado aos adultos, o que podem resultar em altera??es comportamentais que favorecem patologias relacionadas ao envelhecimento

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:36:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JanainaSB.pdf: 2453259 bytes, checksum: d4ce3e2bc8b59c2bee9fa61810a98832 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-10-29 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The thalamus plays an important role in the sensorial processing information, in this particular case, the visual information. Several neuronal groups have been characterized as conductors and processors of important sensorial information to the cerebral cortex. The lateral geniculate complex is one to them, and appears as a group very studied once it is responsible, in almost all totality, for the processing of visual information. Among the nuclei that constitute the lateral geniculate complex we highlight the dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus (DLG), the main thalamic relay for the visual information. This nucleus is located rostral and lateral to medial geniculate nucleus and ventral to thalamic pulvinar nucleus in most of the mammals. In the primates humans and non-humans, it presents as a laminate structure, arranged in layers, when observed in coronal sections. The objective of this work was to do a mapping of the retinal projections and a citoarchictetonic and neurochemical characterization of DLG in the marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), a New World primate. The retinal projections were traced by anterograde transport of subunit b of cholera toxin (CTb), the citoarchicteture was described by Nissl method, and to neurochemical characterization immunohistochemicals technical were used to examine the main neurotransmitters and neuroatives substances present in this neural center. In DGL of marmoset thalamus, in coronal sections labeled by Nissl method, was possible to visualize the division of this nucleus in four layers divided in two portions: magnocellular and parvocellular. The retinal projections were present being visualized fibers and terminals immunorreactives to CTb (IR-CTb) in the DLG ipsilateral and contralateral. And through the immunohistochemicals techniques was observed that DLG contain cells, fibers and/or terminals immunoreactives against neuronal nuclear protein, subunits of AMPA 15 glutamate receptors (GluR1, GluR2/3, GluR4), choline acetyltransferase, serotonin, glutamic acid decarboxylase, binding calcium proteins (calbindin, parvalbumin and calretinin), vasopressin, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, and an astrocyte protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein. / O t?lamo exerce um importante papel no processamento de informa??es sensoriais, em particular, a informa??o visual. V?rios grupos neuronais j? foram caracterizados como condutores e processadores de informa??es sensoriais importantes para o c?rtex cerebral. O complexo geniculado lateral ? um deles e aparece como um grupo muito estudado uma vez que ? respons?vel, em quase toda sua totalidade, pelo processamento de informa??o visual. Entre os n?cleos que constituem o complexo geniculado lateral destacamos o n?cleo geniculado lateral dorsal do t?lamo (GLD), o principal rel? tal?mico para as informa??es visuais. Este n?cleo se localiza rostral e lateral ao n?cleo geniculado medial e ventral ao n?cleo pulvinar do t?lamo na maioria dos mam?feros. Nos primatas humanos e n?o humanos, apresenta-se como uma estrutura laminar, disposto em camadas, quando observada em sec??es coronais. O objetivo neste trabalho foi fazer um mapeamento da proje??o retiniana e uma caracteriza??o citoarquitet?nica e neuroqu?mica do GLD no Callithrix jacchus (sag?i), um primata do Novo Mundo. As proje??es retinianas foram tra?adas por transporte anter?grado da subunidade B da toxina col?rica (CTb), a citoarquitetura foi descrita atrav?s do m?todo de Nissl, e para a caracteriza??o neuroqu?mica t?cnicas imunoistoqu?micas foram utilizadas para examinar os principais neurotransmissores e subst?ncias neuroativas presentes neste centro neural. No GLD do t?lamo do sag?i, nas sec??es coronais coradas pelo m?todo de Nissl, foi poss?vel visualizar a divis?o desse n?cleo em quatro camadas dividas em duas por??es: magnocelular e parvocelular. As proje??es retinianas estavam presentes visualizando-se fibras e terminais imunorreativos a CTb (CTb- IR) no GLD ipsolateral e contralateral. E atrav?s das t?cnicas imunoistoqu?micas observou-se que o GLD cont?m c?lulas, fibras e/ou terminais 13 imunorreativos a prote?na nuclear neuronal, subunidades dos receptores AMPA de glutamato (GluR1, GluR2/3, GluR4), colina acetiltransferase, serotonina, descarboxilase do ?cido glut?mico, prote?nas ligantes de c?lcio (calbindina, calretinina e parvalbumina), vasopressina, polipept?deo intestinal vasoativo, e uma prote?na astrocit?ria, prote?na ac?dica fibrilar glial.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:37:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LaisAAM_DISSERT.pdf: 1507276 bytes, checksum: 23b9ddf330fd173132cb924ee0fb4b51 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-04-26 / As social animals, primates use different sensory modalities (acoustic, chemical, tactile and visual) to convey information about social and sexual status to conspecifics. Among these modalities, visual signals are widely used, especially color signals, since primates are the mammalian group that displays the greatest variety of colors in their skin and fur. Studies with Old World primate species suggest that hormonal variations are related to variations in the colors of individual faces and genitals. Therefore, chromatic cues can be used by conspecifics to identify the reproductive condition of an individual. To date, studies with the same approach are unknown for New World species. However, behavioral and physiological studies suggest that different New World primate species seem to perceive reproductive conditions such as the timing of female conception and gestation. Thus, in this study, our aim was to: i) identify whether there are chromatic cues on the skin of female common marmosets, (Callithrix jacchus) that indicate their reproductive condition; ii) define whether this chromatic variation can be perceived by all visual phenotypes known in this species; iii) identify if these chromatic cues can be perceived under different light intensity levels (dim, intermediate and high). For this, we selected 13 female common marmosets in four distinct reproductive conditions: pregnant female preceding parturition, postpartum mothers, noncycling and cycling females. The coloration of the skin in genital and thigh areas in females was measured using a spectrophotometer. Using mathematical models of visual perception, we calculated the values of quantum catch for each photoreceptor type known in this species, the visual opponency channels and color contrast between those body spots. Our results indicate the occurance of chromatic variations in the genital area during the weeks that precede and follow parturition, forming a U-pattern of variation perceptible to males and females in natural conditions of low and high luminosity. Furthermore, we observed distinct color patterns in the genital skin of pregnant and cycling females that indicate their reproductive conditions. Finally, we present evidence of color contrast in noncycling females that is higher than that of pregnant ones. This study suggests that there is a chromatic xii variation in the genital skin of females that can be perceived by conspecifics and that may be related to hormonal changes typical of pregnancy and the ovarian cycle / Como animais sociais, os primatas usam sinais de diferentes modalidades (ac?stico, qu?mico, t?til e visual) para transmitir informa??es sobre status social e sexual a membros da mesma esp?cie. Dentre essas modalidades, os sinais visuais s?o amplamente utilizados, especialmente os sinais de cor, uma vez que dentre os mam?feros, os primatas formam o grupo com maior variedade de cores em suas peles e pelos. Trabalhos com esp?cies de primatas do Velho Mundo sugerem que varia??es hormonais estejam relacionadas com varia??es crom?ticas vis?veis em ?reas genitais e faces de machos e f?meas. Desta forma, pistas crom?ticas podem ser usadas por coespec?ficos para identificar a condi??o reprodutiva de um indiv?duo. At? o momento, trabalhos com essa mesma abordagem em esp?cies do Novo Mundo s?o desconhecidos. Por?m, estudos comportamentais e fisiol?gicos sugerem que diferentes esp?cies de primatas do Novo Mundo parecem perceber caracter?sticas reprodutivas como o momento da concep??o e a fase da gesta??o em f?meas. Desta forma, neste trabalho buscamos: i) identificar se existem pistas crom?ticas na pele de f?meas de sagui comum (Callithrix jacchus) que indicam a condi??o reprodutiva; ii) determinar se essas pistas s?o percept?veis aos diferentes fen?tipos visuais encontrados na esp?cie; iii) identificar qual seria o efeito de diferentes condi??es de ilumina??o na detec??o dessa colora??o. Para isso, trabalhamos com 13 f?meas de sagui comum em quatro condi??es reprodutivas distintas: gestantes pr?-parto, gestantes p?s-parto, ovulat?rias e n?o ovulat?rias. A colora??o de ?reas da pele das f?meas foi mensurada utilizando um espectrofot?metro e, utilizando modelos matem?ticos de percep??o visual, calculamos os valores de capta??o qu?ntica para cada tipo de fotorreceptor presente na esp?cie, os canais de opon?ncia visual e o contraste crom?tico entre duas ?reas corp?reas. Esse trabalho mostra evid?ncias de varia??o no contraste crom?tico das peles da genit?lia e da coxa nas semanas que antecedem e sucedem o parto, formando um padr?o de varia??o em U percept?vel a machos e f?meas em condi??es naturais de baixa e alta luminosidade. Al?m disso, evidenciamos padr?es de colora??o distintos na regi?o da pele genital para f?meas gestantes que indicam uma sinaliza??o dessa condi??o reprodutiva. Por fim, apresentamos evid?ncias de que o contraste de cor em f?meas x ovulat?rias e n?o ovulat?rias ? superior ao de f?meas gestantes. Este estudo sugere que existe uma varia??o crom?tica na pele genital de f?meas, que essa varia??o ? percept?vel a coespec?ficos e que pode estar relacionada ?s altera??es hormonais acentuadas que ocorrem durante a gesta??o e o ciclo ovariano

Submitted by isabela.moljf@hotmail.com (isabela.moljf@hotmail.com) on 2017-07-03T11:58:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 barbaramarunrocha.pdf: 2524124 bytes, checksum: 60e8676bc9d19488d92267243d731e7b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-08T12:24:09Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 barbaramarunrocha.pdf: 2524124 bytes, checksum: 60e8676bc9d19488d92267243d731e7b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-08T12:24:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 barbaramarunrocha.pdf: 2524124 bytes, checksum: 60e8676bc9d19488d92267243d731e7b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-28 / O presente trabalho teve como objetivo o estudo taxonômico de nematóides parasitos de três espécies de primatas Neotropicais, Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812), Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758) e Allouatta guariba (Humboldt, 1812), doados mortos à Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, pelo IBAMA/JF. Foram necropsiados 26 espécimes de primatas, sendo 22 C. penicillata, 2 S. apella e 2 A. guariba. Os helmintos foram coletados, quantificados e tratados de acordo com técnicas helmintológicas usuais. Para o estudo taxonômico, foram feitas imagens e desenhos, além da morfometria dos mesmos espécimes. Foram feitas análises de distribuição, intensidade, densidade e abundância das comunidades parasitárias. Foram coletados 10416 nematóides, pertencendo a quatro diferentes gêneros, com uma diferença significativa na quantidade de helmintos de C. penicillata (1391), S. apella (4590) e A. guariba (4435). Foram registrados Primasubulura jacchi em C. penicillata, Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus em A. guariba e S. apella, Parabronema (=Squamanema) bonnei em A. guariba, além do registro de uma nova espécie de Onchocercinae nos pulmões de um espécime de A. guariba, Courduriella sp..O registro de T. (T.) minutus em S. apella representa o primeiro relato deste parasito em hospedeiro deste gênero na América do Sul e com a coleta de Parabronema bonnei, foi possível fazer uma redescrição da espécie que não possui detalhamento de características morfológicas e morfométrica disponíveis na literatura. / The present work aimed to the taxonomic study of nematode parasites of three species of Neotropical primates, donated, already dead, the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, from IBAMA/JF. They are Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812), Sapajus apella (Linnaeus, 1758) and Allouatta guariba (Humboldt, 1812). Twenty-six specimens of primates were necropsied, being twenty-two of C. penicillata, two S. apella and two A. guariba. All colected helminths were quantified and treated in accordance with usual helminthological techniques. For the taxonomic study, pictures and drawings were made, for morphometry of the same specimens. Distribution analysis, intensity, density and abundance of parasite communities were made. 10416 nematodes were collected belonging to four different genera, with a significant difference in the number of nematodes in C. penicillata (1391) and S. apella and A. guariba monkey (9025). Primasubulura jacchi were recorded in C. penicillata, Trypanoxyuris (Trypanoxyuris) minutus in A. guariba and S. apella e Parabronema (= Squamanema) bonnei in A. guariba, other than registration of a new species of Onchocercinae, lungs of a specimen A.guariba monkey, named Courduriella sp. The record of T. (T.) minutus in S. apella is the first report of this parasite in this host genus in South America and the collecting Parabronema bonnei was possible to make a redescription of the species that lacks detailed morphological and morphometric characteristics available in the literature.

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No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_EstudoExperimentalResposta.pdf: 3282240 bytes, checksum: 42ad903479899d362d90bfd8991124d9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / CNPq - Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / INCT/FHV - Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia para Febres Hemorrágicas Virais / A dengue é causada pelo Vírus da dengue (VDEN - Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) e é considerada a arbovirose mais difundida no mundo. Atualmente, não há um animal que sirva como modelo para estudos sobre a patogênese do VDEN. Para investigar a susceptibilidade da espécie Callithrix penicillata ao VDEN foram inoculados amostras do VDEN-3 e do VDEN-2 de isoladas de casos humanos fatais. Para tal, vinte e dois animais foram infectados com VDEN-3 (3,23 × 103 PFU/mL) e, sessenta dias após a infecção (d.p.i.), 11 deles foram secundariamente infectados com VDEN-2 (4,47 × 104 PFU/mL). Sangue, plasma e soro, foram coletados diariamente durante os primeiros sete dias e em 15, 20, 45 e 60 d.p.i.. Foram investigados a produção de anticorpos IgM e inibidores da hemaglutinação, assim como foram análisados parâmetros hematologicos e bioquímicos e o perfil sérico de citocinas (IL-6, TNF-, IL-2, IFN-α, IL-4 e IL-5). A infecção primária (VDEN-3) revelou anticorpos IgM (15- 20 d.p.i.), anticorpos IH (15-60 d.p.i.), aumento dos níveis de TNF-α e IFN-γ e diminuição da IL-5. Na infecção secundária (VDEN-2), foi detectado anticorpos IgM (15-20 d.p.i.), anticorpos IH (15-60 d.p.i.) e diminuição dos níveis de IL-6, TNF-α, de IFN-γ e IL-5. Além disso, foi observado em ambas infecções leucopenia, neutropenia, linfocitopenia, monocitopenia, trombocitopenia, e aumentou da AST. O aumento dos níveis de INF-γ e TNF- α indicaram a ativação da resposta inflamatória, com a diferenciação para a resposta celular e supressão da proliferação de citocinas características da resposta humoral. A presença de anticorpos neutralizantes pode ter ocasionado a supressão da resposta inflamatória na infecção secundária o que pode ter levado a ausência de sinais de Febre Hemorrágica do Dengue/Sindrome do Choque do Dengue (FHD/SCD) durante a infecção secundária (VDEN- 2). Os resultados indicam que o primatas não humanos da espécie Callithrix penicillata demonstraram susceptibilidade à cepas de VDEN de origem humana, sugerindo que esses animais são um bom modelo para estudos da resposta imunológica da Febre do Dengue (FD), assim como para a avaliação de uma vacina tetravalente. / Dengue fever is caused by Dengue virus (DENV - Flaviviridae, Flavivirus) and is considered the most widespread arbovirus in the world. Currently, there is an animal that fits a model for studies on the pathogenesis of DENV. To investigate the susceptibility of the DENV Callithrix penicillata were inoculated samples DENV-3 and DENV-2 isolated from human cases of fatal. To do this, twenty-two animals were infected with DENV-3 (3.23 × 103 PFU/mL) and sixty days after infection (dai), 11 of these were secondarily infected with DENV-2 (4.47 × 104 PFU/mL). Blood, plasma and serum were collected daily during the first seven days and for 15, 20, 45, and 60 dai. We investigated the production of IgM antibodies and inhibitors of hemagglutination (HI), as setup were analyzed biochemical and hematological profile and serum cytokine levels (IL-6, TNF- α, IL-2, IFN-, IL-4 and IL-5). Primary infection (DENV-3) showed IgM (15-20 dai), antibodies IH (15-60 dai), increased levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ and decreased IL-5. In secondary infection (DENV-2) was detected IgM antibodies (15-20 dai), antibodies HI (15-60 dai), and decreased levels of IL-6, TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-5. Furthermore, it was observed in both infections leukopenia, neutropenia, lymphocytopenia, monocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, and increased AST. The high levels of INF-γ and TNF-α showed activation of the inflammatory response, as the response to cellular differentiation and suppression of proliferation of cytokine features of the humoral response. The presence of neutralizing antibodies may have caused suppression of the inflammatory response in secondary infection which may have led to the absence of signs of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome (DHF/DSS) during secondary infection (DENV-2). The results indicate that non-human primates Callithrix penicillata demonstrated susceptibility to DENV strains of human origin, suggesting that these animals are a good model for studies of the immune response of Dengue Fever (DF) and for the assessment of a tetravalent vaccine.

<p>Det här arbetet syftar till att undersöka om och hur födoberikning kan stimulera vitörade silkesapor att utföra högre frekvenser av naturliga beteenden samt att se hur aktiva aporna är och om de frivilligt visar sig för publik på djurparken. Födoberikningen gick ut på att erbjuda aporna mat på ett mer naturligt sätt istället för att enbart ge dem maten i matskålar. Dessutom syftar arbetet till att erbjuda aporna en näringsmässigt korrekt sammansatt kost. Studien utfördes på två grupper av vitörade silkesapor på Parken Zoo i Eskilstuna under perioden juni till september år 2004. Undersökningen delades upp i tre perioder, under period 1 observerades aporna utan att någon födoberikning genomfördes. Under period 2 introducerades födoberikningen stegvis samtidigt som kostens sammansättning ändrades. Under period 3 var all födoberikning införd och kosten som erbjöds var näringsmässigt korrekt. Vår studie visar att frekvenserna av naturliga beteenden ökade vid födoberikning, det vill säga ätbeteende minskade, födosöksbeteende ökade och aggressiva/revir beteenden minskade. Socialt/övrigt beteende och förflyttning skilde sig åt mellan de två grupperna. Aporna blev mer aktiva och var mer synliga för publik under period 3. Vår matstudie visar att det är viktigt att utvärdera apornas kostintag på djurpark eftersom risken är stor att de inte erbjuds och äter rätt proportioner av olika näringsämnen.</p> / <p>The aim of this study is to examine whether and how food enrichment can stimulate the common marmoset to more frequently display natural behaviour patterns; also to see how active the monkeys are and if they voluntarily show themselves to the public in the zoo. The food enrichment meant offering food to the monkeys in a way more natural than simply providing it in bowls. In addition the aim is to provide a nutritionally balanced diet. The study was conducted on two groups of common marmosets in Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna from June 2004 to September 2004. The study was split into three periods. During period 1 the monkeys were observed without food enrichment. During period 2 food enrichment was introduced gradually while the diet changed. During period 3 all food enrichment was provided and the diet offered was nutritionally correct. Our study shows that natural behaviour became more frequent with food enrichment, that is, eating behaviour decreased, foraging behaviour increased and aggressive/territorial behaviour decreased. Social/other behaviour and motion differed between the two groups. The monkeys became more active and were more often visible to the public during period 3. Our feeding study shows the importance of evaluating the nutritional intake of the monkeys in a zoo, because of the risk that they are not offered or are not eating the right proportions of nutrients.</p>

Det här arbetet syftar till att undersöka om och hur födoberikning kan stimulera vitörade silkesapor att utföra högre frekvenser av naturliga beteenden samt att se hur aktiva aporna är och om de frivilligt visar sig för publik på djurparken. Födoberikningen gick ut på att erbjuda aporna mat på ett mer naturligt sätt istället för att enbart ge dem maten i matskålar. Dessutom syftar arbetet till att erbjuda aporna en näringsmässigt korrekt sammansatt kost. Studien utfördes på två grupper av vitörade silkesapor på Parken Zoo i Eskilstuna under perioden juni till september år 2004. Undersökningen delades upp i tre perioder, under period 1 observerades aporna utan att någon födoberikning genomfördes. Under period 2 introducerades födoberikningen stegvis samtidigt som kostens sammansättning ändrades. Under period 3 var all födoberikning införd och kosten som erbjöds var näringsmässigt korrekt. Vår studie visar att frekvenserna av naturliga beteenden ökade vid födoberikning, det vill säga ätbeteende minskade, födosöksbeteende ökade och aggressiva/revir beteenden minskade. Socialt/övrigt beteende och förflyttning skilde sig åt mellan de två grupperna. Aporna blev mer aktiva och var mer synliga för publik under period 3. Vår matstudie visar att det är viktigt att utvärdera apornas kostintag på djurpark eftersom risken är stor att de inte erbjuds och äter rätt proportioner av olika näringsämnen. / The aim of this study is to examine whether and how food enrichment can stimulate the common marmoset to more frequently display natural behaviour patterns; also to see how active the monkeys are and if they voluntarily show themselves to the public in the zoo. The food enrichment meant offering food to the monkeys in a way more natural than simply providing it in bowls. In addition the aim is to provide a nutritionally balanced diet. The study was conducted on two groups of common marmosets in Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna from June 2004 to September 2004. The study was split into three periods. During period 1 the monkeys were observed without food enrichment. During period 2 food enrichment was introduced gradually while the diet changed. During period 3 all food enrichment was provided and the diet offered was nutritionally correct. Our study shows that natural behaviour became more frequent with food enrichment, that is, eating behaviour decreased, foraging behaviour increased and aggressive/territorial behaviour decreased. Social/other behaviour and motion differed between the two groups. The monkeys became more active and were more often visible to the public during period 3. Our feeding study shows the importance of evaluating the nutritional intake of the monkeys in a zoo, because of the risk that they are not offered or are not eating the right proportions of nutrients.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseRodolfoLopesDePaivaCavalcanti_TESE.pdf: 2156602 bytes, checksum: 000c3eafedc8a66a1a55425b0168fd4a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-30 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - CNPq / Sabe-se que o grupo das catecolaminas ? integrado pela dopamina, noradrenalina e adrenalina e que a s?ntese dessas subst?ncias se d? de modo sequencial, sendo a enzima tirosina-hidroxilase reguladora da fase inicial deste processo. Neste sentido, a 3- hidroxitiramina/dopamina ? precursora da s?ntese de noradrenalina e adrenalina e ainda possui a capacidade de atuar como neurotransmissor na por??o central do sistema nervoso. Os tr?s principais n?cleos dopamin?rgicos, chamados zona retrorubral (grupo A8), subst?ncia negra pars compacta (grupo A9) e ?rea tegmentar ventral (grupo A10), est?o dispostos na por??o die-mesencef?lica e est?o envolvidos em tr?s vias, a mesostriatal, mesol?mbica e mesocortical. Estas vias est?o relacionadas diretamente com diversas manifesta??es comportamentais como controle da motricidade, sinaliza??o de recompensa na aprendizagem comportamental, motiva??o e nas manifesta??es patol?gicas da Doen?a de Parkinson e esquizofrenia. Considerando-se a relev?ncia desses, o objetivo do trabalho foi caracterizar morfologicamente os n?cleos dopamin?rgicos (A8, A9 e A10) do sagui (Callithrix jacchus) mediante estudo citoarquitet?nico e imunoistoqu?mico contra tirosina-hidroxilase. O sag?i ? um primata neotropical, cujas caracter?sticas morfofuncionais repercutem na adequabilidade de uso deste animal em pesquisas de ordem biom?dica. Sec??es coronais dos enc?falos de seis animais foram submetidas ? colora??o pelo m?todo de Nissl e immunoistoqu?mica para tirosinsa-hidroxilase. Com base na morfologia dos neur?nios, foi poss?vel subdividir o grupo A10 em sete regi?es: n?cleo interfascicular, linear rostral e linear caudal, situados na linha m?dia; paranigral e o parainterfascicular, situados na zona intermedi?ria; a por??o rostral da ?rea tegmentar ventral e o n?cleo parabraquial pigmentado, situados na por??o dorsolateral do tegmento mesencef?lico. O grupo A9 foi subdividido em quatro regi?es: subst?ncia negra camadas dorsal e ventral; subst?ncia negra conjuntos lateral e medial. Por ?ltimo, n?o foram indentificadas subdivis?es no grupo A8. Conclu?-se que A8, A9 e A10 s?o filogeneticamente conservados entre as esp?cies, por?m percebe-se a necessidade de se ampliar os estudos acerca das organiza??es subnucleares, seja investigando a sua ocorr?ncia em outras esp?cies de primatas, seja investigando a sua relev?ncia funcional. / It is known that the catecholamine group is constituted by dopamine, noradrenaline and adrenaline, in which the synthesis is regulated by an enzyme named tyrosine hydroxylase. Thus, 3-hydroxytyramine/dopamine (DA) is a precursor of the noradrenaline and adrenaline synthesis and acts as a neurotransmitter in the central nervous system. The three main nuclei, named the retrorubral field (A8 group), the substantia nigra pars compacta (A9 group) and the ventral tegmental area (A10 group), are arranged in the die-mesencephalic portion and are involved in three complexes circuitries - the mesostriatal, mesolimbic and mesocortical pathways. These pathways are related to behavioral manifestations, motricity, learning, reward and pathologies such as Parkinson?s Disease and Schizophrenia. Thus, the aim of this study was to perform de morphological analysis of the A8, A9 and A10 nuclei of the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). The marmoset is a neotropical primate, whose morphological and functional characteristics supports the suitability of use of this animal in biomedical research. Coronal sections of the marmoset brain were submitted to cytoarchitectonic characterization and TH-immunohistochemistry. Based on the morphology of the neurons, it was possible to subdivide the A10 group in seven regions: interfascicular nucleus, raphe rostral linear nucleus and raphe caudal linear nucleus, in the middle line; paranigral and parainterfascicular nucleus, in the middle zone; rostral portion of the ventral tegmental area nucleus and parabrachial pigmented nucleus, located in the dorsolateral portion of the mesencephalic tegmentum. A9 group was divided into four regions: substantia nigra compacta dorsal and ventral tiers; substantia nigra compacta lateral and medial clusters. No subdivisions were founded into A8 group. These results revealed that A8, A9 and A10 are phylogenetically conserved between species, but it?s necessary to expand the studies about this compartmentalization, investigating its occurrence in other primate species or investigating its functional relevance.

Die vorsätzliche Freisetzung von Variola Virus (VARV) und schwere Erkrankungen des Menschen durch zoonotische Affen- (MPXV) und Kuh- (CPXV) pocken Viren stellen nach wie vor eine Bedrohung für die Bevölkerung dar. Klassische Pockenimpfstoffe bergen die Gefahr einer schweren Erkrankung. Deshalb ist die Entwicklung neuer Impfstoffe und Therapeutika von entscheidender Bedeutung. Deren Wirksamkeit und Sicherheit muss zunächst in verschiedenen Tiermodellen bewiesen werden. Existierende Makakken-Primatenmodelle leiden unter sehr artifiziellen Bedingungen der letalen Krankheitsinduktion durch VARV oder MPXV. Aus diesem Grund wurde das Calpox Virus/Krallenaffen-modell etabliert, welches auf einem CPXV aus natürlich infizierten Neuweltaffen (Marmosets) basiert. Das neue Modell hat drei wesentliche Vorteile: Die Arbeit mit Calpox Virus kann unter Sicherheitsstufe 2 durchgeführt werden und ist folglich einfacher in der Handhabung. 2. Die intranasale (i.n.) Infektion von Marmosets (Krallenaffen; Callithrix jacchus) spiegelt den natürlichen Infektionsweg von VARV wieder. Infizierte Affen entwickelten Pocken ähnliche Symptome und verstarben innerhalb von 2-3 Tagen nach Auftreten erster Symptome. Hohe Viruslasten wurden im Blut, Speichel und allen untersuchten Organen nachgewiesen. 3. Die i.n. Titration des Calpox Virus ergab eine 50 % Affen-Infektions-Dosis (MID50) von 8.3x102 pfu. Diese ist um den Faktor 10000 niedriger als in anderen Pocken-Primatenmodellen. Neun bis zehn Wochen nach einer Immunisierung mit dem Lister-Elstree Impfstoff waren alle Krallenaffen gegen eine letale Dosis des Calpox Virus (10 MID50) geschützt. Damit konnte der Nutzen des Calpox Virus/Krallenaffen-modells für die Erforschung neuer Impfstoffe gezeigt werden. Das Calpox Virus/Krallenaffen-modell überwindet wesentliche Nachteile bestehender Primatenmodelle und ist somit ein geeignetes Model für die Evaluierung von neuen Impfstoffen, Impfstrategien und antiviralen Therapien. / The intentional re-introduction of Variola virus (VARV), the agents of smallpox, into the human population remains of concern today. Moreover, zoonotic infections with Cowpox (CPXV) and Monkeypox virus (MPXV) cause severe diseases in humans. Smallpox vaccines presently available can have severe adverse effects that are no longer acceptable. The efficacy and safety of new vaccines and antivirals have to be demonstrated by different animal models. The existing primate models, using VARV and MPXV, need very high viral doses that have to be applied intravenously to induce a lethal infection in macaque monkeys. To overcome these drawbacks, the main objective of this study was to develop a primate model in which a smallpox-like disease could be induced by a CPXV virus designated calpox virus which was isolated from a lethal orthopox virus (OPV) outbreak in New World monkeys (marmosets). The new non-human primate model has three major advantages: 1. Working with calpox virus is less challenging and can be done under bio-safety-level two. 2. Mimicking the natural route of VARV infection, intranasally infected marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) reproducibly developed clinical symptoms of an OPV infection and died within two to three days after onset of the first symptoms. High viral loads of calpox virus were detected in blood, saliva and all analyzed organs. 3. Intranasal titration of the virus resulted in a 50 % monkey infectious dose (MID50) of 8.3x102 pfu, a lethal infectious dose 10,000 lower than those used in any other primate model. Moreover, we showed the aptitude of the primate model for the testing of new vaccines since nine to ten weeks after immunization with Vaccinia virus Lister-Elstree marmosets were completely protected against intranasal challenge with 10 MID50 of calpox virus. As the calpox virus/marmoset model overcomes major limitations of current primate models it is suitable to evaluate new vaccines, new vaccination strategies and antiviral therapies.

O encéfalo humano é mais sofisticado instrumento de cognição e, supostamente, o material mais complexo já conhecido, provavelmente por causa disso, o sistema neural é amplamente estudado em termos multidisciplinares, mas muitas questões ainda necessitam ser respondidas e várias dúvidas sobre as funções cerebrais ainda precisam de respostas. Um dos caminhos para compreender essa história evolutiva é o estudo do encéfalo de primatas não-humanos. Muito se sabe sobre a anatomia macroscópica de primatas do Velho Mundo e humanos, entretanto, esses dados e aqueles relacionados à anatomia microscópica são escassos em relação aos neotropicais, que tem sido amplamente utilizado em pesquisas biomédicas e comportamentais. Dessa forma, a proposta desse trabalho foi estudar a anatomia macroscópica do encéfalo obtido diretamente dos primatas neotropicais como Callithrix penicillata, Saimiri ustus, Sapajus libidinosus e Brachyteles arachnoides e da literatura de Galago, Macaca, Papio, Pan and Homo, em termos comparativos. Além de realizar um estudo preliminar acerca da citoarquitetura neocortical de Sapajus libidinosus. Na análise macroscópicas foram utilizados 2 encéfalos de Callithrix penicillata, 1 de Saimiri ustus, 7 de Sapajus libidinosus e 1 Brachyteles arachnoides, que tiverem seus sulcos e giros descritos, mensurados, além de mensurações das dimensões gerais do encéfalo e índice de encefalização. Para a análise microscópica foram utilizados 5 encéfalos de Sapajus libidinosus, sendo 4 na técnica de Golgi-Cox e 1 na técnica HE, que foram avaliados em termos de organização citoarquitetônica, número de células neurais e classificação do córtex conforme o tipo e prevalência celular nas camadas corticais, dos lobos frontal, área pré-frontal, parietal, temporal e occipital. Nesse trabalho observou-se que anatomia do telencéfalo de Callithrix e Saimiri possuem poucos sulcos, giros quando comparados com o de Sapajus e Brachyteles e os dois últimos são mais semelhantes aos primatas do Velho Mundo, do que dos demais primatas neotropicais investigados. Dentre todos os primatas analisados e comparados, os sulcos que se repetem são o longitudinal, lateral, calcarino, hipocampo, rinal e o temporal superior. Os sulcos do lobo frontal e parietal, aparecem somente em encéfalos mais complexos e de animais que possuem maior tamanho corporal. As demais estruturas localizadas na região medial do telencéfalo, diencéfalo, mesencéfalo, ponte, bulbo e ventrículos encefálicos, estão dispostas de forma semelhante com variações no grau de desenvolvimento e tamanho. Os dados preliminares da arquitetura neocortical de Sapajus mostram maior quantidade de neurônios nos lobos occipital, seguidos do parietal e temporal. A parte caudal do lobo frontal possui carcterísticas de área motora primária com grandes neurônios piramidais e a área pré-frontal possui prevalência de neurônios granulares. Os lobos parietal e temporal possuem as camadas mais heterogêneas e com maior separação entre as camadas corticais. A técnica de Golgi- Cox permitiu estudar a organização estrutural, conexões entre células neurais e a formas das células neurais. Já a técnica de HE permitiu inferências quantitativas e também a caracterização dos tipos de células neurais e desenvolvimento das camadas corticais. As análises histológicas do neocórtex das principais áreas do telencéfalo de Sapajus libidinosus, mesmo que com um baixo número de espécimes foi uma caracterização geral e o primeiro passo para estudos futuros e comparações mais abrangentes. São necessários estudos histológicos mais detalhados das principais áreas do encéfalo, assim como a associação dos possíveis resultados a outras técnicas de investigações são necessários para uma melhor caracterização das funcionalidades das áreas corticais. / The human brain is the most sophisticated instrument of cognition and, putatively, the most complex material sctructure ever knew, probably because that, the neural system is largely studied in multidisciplinar terms, but many questions still need to be answered and various doubts rest to be solved about the brain functions. Among the ways to understand this evolutionary history is the study of the non-human primate encephalon. Much is known about the gross anatomy of Old World Primates and humans, however, these data and those related to the microscopic anatomy are scarce compared to the neotropical, which has been widely used in biomedical and behavioral research. In order, the purpose of this work was to study the gross anatomy of the brain obtained from neotropical primates as Callithrix penicillata, Saimiri ustus, Sapajus libidinosus e Brachyteles arachnoides and from literature from Galago, Macaca, Papio, Pan and Homo, in comparative terms. In addition to conducting a preliminary study on the neocortical cytoarchitecture of Sapajus libidinosus. In gross anatomy were used 2 brains of Callithrix penicillata, 1 of Saimirius ustus, 7 of Sapajus libidinosus and 1 Brachyteles arachnoides, which have their sulcus and gyri described, measured, as well as measurements of the general dimensions of the encephalon and encephalization index. For the microscopic analysis, 5 brains of Sapajus libidinosus were used, 4 in the Golgi-Cox method and 1 in the HE method, which were evaluated in terms of cytoarchitectonic organization, number of neural cells and classification of the cortex according to type and cell prevalence in cortical layers, frontal, prefrontal area, parietal, temporal and occipital areas. In this study, it was observed that the gross anatomy telencephalon of Callithrix and Saimiri have few sulcus and gyri when compared to Sapajus and Brachyteles, and the latter two are more similar to the Old-World primates than of the other neotropical primates investigated. Among all the primates analyzed and compared, the repeats sulcus are the longitudinal, lateral, calcarino, hippocampus, rinal and superior temporal sulci. The sulci of the frontal lobe and parietal lobe appear only in more complex brains and animals that have larger body size. The other structures located in the medial region of the telencephalon, diencephalon, midbrain, pons, bulb and encephalic ventricles are similarly arranged with variations in the degree of development and size. Preliminary data from Sapajus neocortical architecture show higher numbers of neurons in the occipital lobes, followed by the parietal and temporal lobes. The caudal part of the frontal lobe has features of primary motor area with large pyramidal neurons and the prefrontal area has a prevalence of granular neurons. The parietal and temporal lobes have the most heterogeneous layers and with greater separation between the cortical layers. The Golgi-Cox method allowed the study of the structural organization, connections between neural cells and neural cell forms, and the HE method allowed quantitative inferences and also the characterization of neural cell types and development of the cortical layers. The histological analyzes of the neocortex of the main areas of the Sapajus libidinosus telencephalon, even with a low number of specimens, was a general characterization and the first step for future studies and more comprehensive comparisons. More detailed histological studies of the main areas are necessary as well the association of these possibles results with other investigative techniques for a better characterization of the functionalities of the cortical areas.