Introdução: As cavidades nasais constituem a via de acesso à hipófise na cirurgia transesfenoidal endoscópica. Deste modo, alterações naturais ou adquiridas da anatomia nasal podem prejudicar a cirurgia. Objetivos: Estudar as variações anatômicas das cavidades nasais, principalmente desvio do septo, correlacionando-as com a visibilidade no acesso transesfenoidal endoscópico, para subsidiar a decisão do tipo de acesso ou necessidade de correção do desvio. Material e Método: Estudo seccional em 38 pacientes submetidos ao acesso transesfenoidal endoscópico entre fevereiro de 2009 e janeiro de 2011 em centro de referência. No intraoperatório foram registradas as variações anatômicas, localização do desvio de septo no plano axial e coronal, largura do corredor cirúrgico, profundidade do acesso até o esfenoide e a sela, exposição do esfenoide e da sela após abertura dos mesmos. A dificuldade de visibilidade do acesso foi avaliada por escala ordinal: 0- sem dificuldade, 1- dificuldade leve a moderada, 2- dificuldade acentuada. Os testes empregados para correlação entre as variáveis foram qui-quadrado e razão de verossimilhança. A comparação entre duas médias foi pelo teste t de Student e três ou mais médias pela análise de variância (ANOVA), com teste complementar de Turkey. Resultados: Foram estudadas 76 cavidades nasais e foram observados 50 desvios septais (66%). A largura do corredor cirúrgico no local do desvio menor ou igual a 9 mm associou-se em 72% à dificuldade acentuada (p<0,001). Desvios de septo no andar médio (p=0,005) ou terço posterior (p<0,001) associaram-se à dificuldade acentuada. A largura da cavidade na região do desvio também foi menor no desvio do andar médio (8,41 mm, p=0,012) ou no desvio do terço posterior (6,9 mm, p<0,0001). No corredor cirúrgico, apenas a largura do meato médio se associou à dificuldade (5-13 mm, 73% dificuldade acentuada, p=0,001). Variações anatômicas das conchas foram observadas em 17%, sem impacto na visibilidade. O comprimento médio do septo nasal foi 64 mm (IC95%: 61,8-66,8 mm), a profundidade até o rostro do esfenoide 69 mm (IC95%: 67-71 mm) e até a sela 82 mm (IC 95%: 80,2- 83,8 mm). A exposição média do esfenoide foi de 20 mm (laterolateral) e 20,8mm (anteroposterior), enquanto da sela foi de 12,8 mm e 11,7 mm respectivamente. Conclusões: A largura da cavidade nasal na região do desvio e a presença de desvio de septo localizado em terço posterior ou no andar médio da cavidade nasal associaram-se à maior dificuldade na visibilidade do acesso transesfenoidal / Background: Nasal anatomical variations can impair the visibility on endoscopic transsphenoidal approach for pituitary tumors. Objective: To evaluate anatomical variations, mainly nasal septum deviation, and their impact on the visibility of transsphenoidal endoscopic approach. To support the decision of access type or need to correct the deviated septum. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 38 patients who underwent transsphenoidal endoscopic surgery using the two nostrils - four hands between February 2009 and January 2011 in a referral center. They were submitted to the intraoperative register of anatomical variations, septal deviations, surgical corridor width and location of the deviated septum (height and depth), depth of the access to sphenoid and sella, exposure of sphenoid and sella after opening. Visibility was assessed using an ordinal scale: 0- no difficulty, 1- low to moderate difficulty, 2- severe difficulty. Comparisons of two means were performed using Students t test, and three or more means using analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Turkeys complementary test. Correlations between scores were analyzed using the non-parametric chi-square test and the likelihood ratio. Results: Seventy-six nasal cavities were studied, and 50 septal deviations were found (66%). Among the patients with severe difficulty, 73% had a surgical corridor width in the location of the deviated septum of up to 9 mm (p < 0.001). Septal deviations in the middle level (p = 0.005) or posterior third (p < 0.001) were associated with severe difficulty. The width of the nasal cavity at the deviation was also smaller in the middle level (8.41 mm, p = 0,012) or posterior third (6.9 mm, p<0.001). In the surgical corridor, only the middle meatus was associated with difficulty (5 to 13 mm, 73% severe difficulty, p = 0.001). Anatomical variations of the nasal conchae were observed in 17% of cases with no impact on visibility. The average length of the nasal septum was 64 mm (95% CI 61.8 -66.8 mm); the mean depth to the sphenoid was 69 mm (95% CI 67-71 mm) and to the sella 82 mm (95% CI 80.2 - 83.8 mm). The average lateral exposure of the sphenoid was 20 mm and anteroposterior 20.8 mm and to the sella 12.8 mm and 11.7 mm respectively. Conclusions: The width of nasal cavity at deviation and site of septal deviation were associated with difficulty in visibility of the access. Septal deviations located at posterior third and at middle level in nasal cavities were strongly associated with difficulty

Objetivo: Analisar os efeitos da rinosseptoplatia sobre as áreas seccionais e volumes nasais e a nasalância da fala de indivíduos com fissura de lábio e palato unilateral reparada, utilizando rinometria acústica e nasometria. Modelo: Análise prospectiva. Local de Execução: Centro Cirúrgico e Laboratório de Fisiologia, HRAC-USP. Participantes: Indivíduos com fissura de lábio e palato unilateral reparada (n=21, idade=15-46 anos) foram avaliados antes da cirurgia (PRE) e 6-9 meses (POS1) e 12-23 meses (POS2) após. Variáveis: Na rinometria acústica foram aferidas as áreas de secção transversa dos segmentos correspondentes à válvula nasal (AST1), porção anterior (AST2) e porção posterior da concha nasal inferior (AST3), e, os volumes da região da válvula (V1) e conchas (V2) nasais, de ambas os lados, antes e após a descongestão nasal com vasoconstrictor tópico. Na nasometria, avaliou-se a nasalância na leitura de um texto contendo predominantemente sons nasais, e, outro, exclusivamente sons orais. Resultados: No lado fissurado, antes da descongestão nasal, observou-se um aumento significante (p<0.05) nos valores médios de AST1 e V1 em POS1 e POS2, relativamente ao PRE. Após a descongestão, observou-se aumento também para AST2 e V2 em POS2. No lado não-fissurado, não foram observadas variações significativas. Os valores médios de nasalância em PRE, POS1 e POS2 não diferiram entre si, nos textos oral e nasal. Conclusão: A medida das áreas seccionais e volumes mostraram que a rinosseptoplastia levou, na maioria dos casos analisados, a um aumento significativo da permeabilidade nasal, sem modificações concomitantes na ressonância da fala, estimada pela medida da nasalância. / Objective: To analyze the effects of rhinoseptoplasty on the nasal cross-sectional areas and volumes, and the speech nasalance of individuals with repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate, assessed by acoustic rhinometry and nasometry. Design: Prospective analysis. Setting: Surgery Service and Laboratory of Physiology at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC-USP). Participants: Individuals with previously repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate (n=21, age=15-46 years) were evaluated before surgery (PRE) after 6-9 months (POST1) and after 12-18 months (POST2). Variables: Acoustic rhinometry was used to measure the cross-sectional areas of segments corresponding to the nasal valve (CSA1), anterior portion (CSA2) and posterior portion (CSA3) of the lower turbinate, and the nasal volumes at the regions of the nasal valve (V1) and nasal turbinates (V2) at both sides, before and after nasal decongestion with a topical vasoconstrictor. Nasometry was employed to evaluate the speech nasalance during the reading of a text predominantly containing nasal sounds and other containing only oral sounds. Results: At the cleft side, before nasal decongestion, there was a significant increase (p<0.05) in mean CSA1 and CSA2 values at POST1 and POST2 compared to PRE. After decongestion, increased values were also observed for CSA2 and V2 at POST2. No significant changes were observed at the non-cleft side. The mean nasalance values at PRE, POST1 and POST2 were not different from each other in both oral and nasal texts. Conclusion: The measurement of cross-sectional areas and volumes by acoustic rhinometry revealed that rhinoseptoplasty provided, in most cases analyzed, a significant increase in nasal patency, without concomitant changes in speech resonance, as estimated by nasalance assessment.

Approximately 1 in 6 infants are born prematurely each year. Typically, these infants spend 25 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they experience 10-18 painful and inflammatory procedures each day. Remarkably, pre-emptive analgesics and/or anesthesia are administered less than 30% of the time. Unalleviated pain during the perinatal period is associated with permanent decreases in pain sensitivity, blunted cortisol responses and high rates of neuropsychiatric disorders. To date, the mechanism(s) by which these long-term changes in stress and pain behavior occur, and whether such alterations can be prevented by appropriate analgesia at the time of injury, remains unclear. We have previously reported in rats that inflammation experienced on the day of birth permanently upregulates central opioid tone, resulting in a significant reduction in adult pain sensitivity. However, the impact on early life pain on anxiety- and stress-related behavior and HPA axis regulation is not known. Therefore the goal of this dissertation was to determine the long-term impact of a single neonatal inflammatory pain experience on adult anxiety- and stress-related responses. Neuroanatomical changes in stress-associated neurocircuits were also examined. As the endogenous pain control system and HPA axis are in a state of exaggerated developmental plasticity early in postnatal life, and these systems work in concert to respond to noxious or aversive stimuli, this dissertation research aimed to answer the following questions: (1) Does neonatal injury produce deficits in adult stress-related behavior and alter stress-related neuroanatomy through an opioid-dependent mechanism? (2) Does neonatal injury alter receptor systems regulating the activation and termination of the stress response in adulthood? (3) Are stress- and pain-related neurotransmitters altered within the first week following early life pain? (4) Is early activation of the pain system necessary for the long-term changes in anxiety- and stress-related behavior? Together these studies demonstrate the degree, severity and preventability of the long-term deficits in stress responding associated with a single painful experience early in life. The goal of this research is to promote change in the treatment of infant pain in the NICU to reduce long-term sensory and mental health complications associated with prematurity.

Die Zellteilung/Zytokinese ist ein grundlegender zellulärer Prozess und essentiell für das Wachstum von einzelligen und mehrzelligen Organismen. Reguliert wird dieser Prozess durch komplexe molekulare Mechanismen sowie einer Vielzahl von interaktiven Netzwerken. In Pilzen koordiniert eine Kinase-Kaskade, das Septierungs-Initiierungs Netzwerk (SIN) das Fortschreiten des Zellzyklus mit dem Beginn der Zellteilung und kontrolliert die Septenbildung. Fehlregulation des homologen Hippo Netzwerks in Tieren führt zu Gewebewucherungen und Tumorbildung, was die konservierte Bedeutung dieser Regulationsnetzwerke in verschiedenen Organismen unterstreicht. Obwohl die Septenbildung essentiell für das Wachstum und die Differenzierung von Schimmelpilzen ist, bleibt die Frage wie die Septierung reguliert wird und aus welchen Komponenten sich das SIN Netzwerk in filamentösen Pilzen zusammensetzt bisher noch unbeantwortet. Mit Hilfe von in silico Analysen konnten homologe Proteine für fast alle SIN Netzwerk Komponenten im Modellorganismus Neurospora crassa identifiziert werden. Die Analyse dieser vorhergesagten SIN Komponenten ermöglichte die Charakterisierung der SIN-Kinase-Kaskade, bestehend aus CDC-7, SID-1 und DBF-2 sowie den entsprechenden, regulatorischen Untereinheiten CDC-14 und MOB-1. Es konnte gezeigt werden, dass DBF-2 durch SID-1 am hydrophoben Motiv phosphoryliert und aktiviert wird und dass eine SID-1 abhängige Stimulation von DBF-2 durch Zugabe von CDC-7 weiter gesteigert wird. Diese Daten liefern den ersten biochemischen Nachweis für die schrittweise Aktivierung einer dreistufigen SIN-Kinase-Kaskade in Pilzen. Es wurde weiterhin gezeigt, dass die gesamte SIN Kaskade konstitutiv und Zellzyklus unabhängig an den Spindelpolkörpern akkumuliert und dass alle SIN Proteine an kontrahierenden Septen lokalisieren. Demzufolge ist im Gegensatz zu den einzelligen Pilzen die Lokalisation und Aktivität der SIN Komponenten in Synzytium-bildenden Ascomyzeten Zellzyklus unabhängig. Darüber hinaus deutet die Charakterisierung von DBF-2 Mutanten, in denen die beiden regulatorischen Aminosäuren (Ser499 and Thr671) mutiert sind, darauf hin, dass ein dynamischer Phosphorylierungs-/Dephosphorylierungszyklus des Ser499 entscheidend für die Aktivität und Funktion von DBF-2 in N. crassa ist. Diese Daten haben Einfluss auf das allgemeine Verständnis der Aktivierung von NDR Kinasen, denn bisher wurde für NDR Kinasen höherer Eukaryonten eine folgegebundene Phosphorylierung beider regulatorischer Reste angenommen. Der Ste20-verwandten Kinase MST-1 konnte eine Funktion als SIN-assoziierte Kinase, die parallel zu SID-1 agiert, zugeordnet werden. SID-1 und MST-1 werden auf entgegengesetzte Weise von der oberhalb agierenden SIN Kinase CDC-7 reguliert, was nahelegt, dass MST-1 für die Feinabstimmung des SIN erforderlich ist. Lifeact- und Formin-GFP Reporter Konstrukte zeigten, dass in der Δmst-1 Mutante abnormale, kortikale Actomyosin-Ringe gebildet werden, was eine Fehlpositionierung der Septen und die Bildung von unregelmäßigen Spiralen zur Folge hat. Diese Defekte entsprechen partiell jenen der MOR Mutanten. Diese Mutanten weisen ein defektes NDR Kinase Netzwerk auf, welches für das polare Wachstum verantwortlich ist (MOR). Es stellte sich heraus, dass MST-1 mit den zentralen MOR Kinasen POD-6 und COT-1 interagiert und sowohl die SIN Effektor Kinase DBF-2 als auch die MOR Effektor Kinase COT-1 aktiviert. Somit fungiert MST-1 als dual-spezifisches Enzym. Eine weitere Vernetzung beider Signalwege ist durch die Bildung von Heterodimeren gegeben. Die in dieser Studie identifizierten verschiedenen Ebenen der Vernetzung des SIN und MOR, sowie entsprechende Daten aus anderen Modellorganismen wie S. pombe und D. melanogaster, lassen vermuten, dass antagonistische Interaktionen zwischen homologen NDR Kinase Netzwerken ein genereller Mechanismus zur Koordination beider Signalwege darstellt und auch in höheren Organismen konserviert ist. Durch die Annotierung mehrerer Pilzgenome wurden zahlreiche Gene mit einer Homologie zu den S. cerevisiae BUD Genen auch in filamentösen Pilzen identifiziert. Epistatische und biochemische Analysen ergaben, dass das MOR Netzwerk als negativer Regulator der Septenbildung oberhalb des BUD komplex fungiert und dass COT-1 im Gegensatz zu DBF-2, die beiden Septierungsmarkerproteine BUD-3/BUD-4 phosphoryliert. Folglich könnte die Regulation von BUD-3 (und eventuell auch BUD-4) durch COT-1 ein Mechanismus des MOR Netzwerks sein, um die Septenbildung in N. crassa zu inhibieren.

Approximately 1 in 6 infants are born prematurely each year. Typically, these infants spend 25 days in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they experience 10-18 painful and inflammatory procedures each day. Remarkably, pre-emptive analgesics and/or anesthesia are administered less than 30% of the time. Unalleviated pain during the perinatal period is associated with permanent decreases in pain sensitivity, blunted cortisol responses and high rates of neuropsychiatric disorders. To date, the mechanism(s) by which these long-term changes in stress and pain behavior occur, and whether such alterations can be prevented by appropriate analgesia at the time of injury, remains unclear. We have previously reported in rats that inflammation experienced on the day of birth permanently upregulates central opioid tone, resulting in a significant reduction in adult pain sensitivity. However, the impact on early life pain on anxiety- and stress-related behavior and HPA axis regulation is not known. Therefore the goal of this dissertation was to determine the long-term impact of a single neonatal inflammatory pain experience on adult anxiety- and stress-related responses. Neuroanatomical changes in stress-associated neurocircuits were also examined. As the endogenous pain control system and HPA axis are in a state of exaggerated developmental plasticity early in postnatal life, and these systems work in concert to respond to noxious or aversive stimuli, this dissertation research aimed to answer the following questions: (1) Does neonatal injury produce deficits in adult stress-related behavior and alter stress-related neuroanatomy through an opioid-dependent mechanism? (2) Does neonatal injury alter receptor systems regulating the activation and termination of the stress response in adulthood? (3) Are stress- and pain-related neurotransmitters altered within the first week following early life pain? (4) Is early activation of the pain system necessary for the long-term changes in anxiety- and stress-related behavior? Together these studies demonstrate the degree, severity and preventability of the long-term deficits in stress responding associated with a single painful experience early in life. The goal of this research is to promote change in the treatment of infant pain in the NICU to reduce long-term sensory and mental health complications associated with prematurity.

A expansão da maxila cirurgicamente assistida (EMCA) é um procedimento cirúrgico indicado para a correção da atresia maxilar em pacientes que já atingiram a maturação óssea. Os efeitos da EMCA são observados não só nos arcos dentários, maxilas e mandíbula, mas também na cavidade nasal, já que o septo nasal encontra-se localizado no centro do assoalho nasal, apoiado sobre a sutura palatina mediana. O objetivo deste estudo foi identificar a posição do septo nasal antes e após a separação cirúrgica das maxilas e avaliar sua influência na movimentação da maxila do lado que foi deslocado. Foram avaliadas 56 tomografias computadorizadas de feixe cônico (TCFC) adquiridas no tomográfo i-CAT Classic®, com voxel de 0,3mm, de 14 indivíduos submetidos à EMCA nos períodos préoperatório e pós-operatório de 15, 60 e 180 dias. Inicialmente, as imagens pósoperatórias foram visualizadas nas reformatações multiplanares, para identificar a qual maxila, direita ou esquerda, o septo nasal permaneceu ligado após a EMCA. Numa segunda etapa, foram realizadas medidas lineares nas imagens correspondentes aos períodos pré e pósoperatórios. Essas medidas foram realizadas na reformatação axial imediatamente acima do aparelho expansor, de forma padronizada para cada paciente, e consistiram da distância entre uma linha de referência central, que passava na espinha nasal anterior e no centro do forame incisivo, dividindo o paciente em lado direito e esquerdo, até os caninos e molares direitos e esquerdos. O índice kappa intraexaminador foi > 0,9. Para comparar as diferenças entre as médias dos dois grupos (lado ligado ao septo nasal e não ligado ao septo nasal) foi utilizado o teste t. Em 78,6% dos pacientes o septo nasal permaneceu ligado à maxila esquerda e em 21,4%, ligado à maxila direita. Em relação às medidas lineares, tanto na região de caninos como na região de molares, observouse que, no período pré-operatório, não havia diferença entre os lados direito e esquerdo. Após a EMCA, houve diferença estatisticamente significante (p<0,05), observando que houve menor movimentação da maxila a qual o septo nasal permaneceu ligado. Portanto, podese concluir que a expansão maxilar ocorre de forma assimétrica, pois a maxila que permanece ligada ao septo nasal, após a EMCA, movimenta-se menos do que a maxila não ligada ao septo nasal. / The Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) is a surgical procedure indicated for the correction of maxillary constriction in adult patients. The effects of EMCA are observed not only in dental, maxillary, and mandibular arches, but also in the nasal cavity, since the septum is located in the center of the nasal floor and rests on the median palatine suture. The purpose of this study the position of the nasal septum before and after surgical separation of the maxillary, was to identify and evaluate their influence on the movement of the jaw which remained attached. Fifty six cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scanner acquired i-CAT Classic, with 0.3 mm voxel. Fourteen individuals submitted to SARPE in the preoperative and postoperative periods of 15, 60, and 180 days which were evaluated. Initially, postoperative images were visualized using multiplanar reformatting to identify which jaw, right or left, the nasal septum remained bound after the SARPE. In a second step, linear measurements in the images corresponding to the pre- and postoperative periods were performed. These measurements were performed in the axial immediately above the expander reformatting, standardized form for each patient, and consisted of the distance from a central reference line, passing the anterior nasal spine and the center of the incisive foramen, dividing the patient\'s right side and left to the canines and molars on the right and left. The intraobserver kappa index was > 0.9. To compare the differences between the means of two groups (side connected to the nasal septum and not connected to the nasal septum) a t test was used. In 78.6% of patients, the nasal septum remained attached to the left maxilla and 21.4% on right jaw. Regarding linear measurements, both in the region of canines as in the molar region, it was observed that, in the preoperative period, there was no difference between the right and left sides. After the SARPE, a statistically significant difference (p < 0.05) was observed, noting that there was less movement of the maxilla which the nasal septum remained connected. Therefore, it can be concluded that the expansion jaw is asymmetrical because the jaw remains on the nasal septum after SARPE and moves less than maxilla not connected to the nasal septum.

Objetivo: Analisar os efeitos da rinosseptoplatia sobre as áreas seccionais e volumes nasais e a nasalância da fala de indivíduos com fissura de lábio e palato unilateral reparada, utilizando rinometria acústica e nasometria. Modelo: Análise prospectiva. Local de Execução: Centro Cirúrgico e Laboratório de Fisiologia, HRAC-USP. Participantes: Indivíduos com fissura de lábio e palato unilateral reparada (n=21, idade=15-46 anos) foram avaliados antes da cirurgia (PRE) e 6-9 meses (POS1) e 12-23 meses (POS2) após. Variáveis: Na rinometria acústica foram aferidas as áreas de secção transversa dos segmentos correspondentes à válvula nasal (AST1), porção anterior (AST2) e porção posterior da concha nasal inferior (AST3), e, os volumes da região da válvula (V1) e conchas (V2) nasais, de ambas os lados, antes e após a descongestão nasal com vasoconstrictor tópico. Na nasometria, avaliou-se a nasalância na leitura de um texto contendo predominantemente sons nasais, e, outro, exclusivamente sons orais. Resultados: No lado fissurado, antes da descongestão nasal, observou-se um aumento significante (p<0.05) nos valores médios de AST1 e V1 em POS1 e POS2, relativamente ao PRE. Após a descongestão, observou-se aumento também para AST2 e V2 em POS2. No lado não-fissurado, não foram observadas variações significativas. Os valores médios de nasalância em PRE, POS1 e POS2 não diferiram entre si, nos textos oral e nasal. Conclusão: A medida das áreas seccionais e volumes mostraram que a rinosseptoplastia levou, na maioria dos casos analisados, a um aumento significativo da permeabilidade nasal, sem modificações concomitantes na ressonância da fala, estimada pela medida da nasalância. / Objective: To analyze the effects of rhinoseptoplasty on the nasal cross-sectional areas and volumes, and the speech nasalance of individuals with repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate, assessed by acoustic rhinometry and nasometry. Design: Prospective analysis. Setting: Surgery Service and Laboratory of Physiology at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC-USP). Participants: Individuals with previously repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate (n=21, age=15-46 years) were evaluated before surgery (PRE) after 6-9 months (POST1) and after 12-18 months (POST2). Variables: Acoustic rhinometry was used to measure the cross-sectional areas of segments corresponding to the nasal valve (CSA1), anterior portion (CSA2) and posterior portion (CSA3) of the lower turbinate, and the nasal volumes at the regions of the nasal valve (V1) and nasal turbinates (V2) at both sides, before and after nasal decongestion with a topical vasoconstrictor. Nasometry was employed to evaluate the speech nasalance during the reading of a text predominantly containing nasal sounds and other containing only oral sounds. Results: At the cleft side, before nasal decongestion, there was a significant increase (p<0.05) in mean CSA1 and CSA2 values at POST1 and POST2 compared to PRE. After decongestion, increased values were also observed for CSA2 and V2 at POST2. No significant changes were observed at the non-cleft side. The mean nasalance values at PRE, POST1 and POST2 were not different from each other in both oral and nasal texts. Conclusion: The measurement of cross-sectional areas and volumes by acoustic rhinometry revealed that rhinoseptoplasty provided, in most cases analyzed, a significant increase in nasal patency, without concomitant changes in speech resonance, as estimated by nasalance assessment.

Primeiramente, investigamos as respostas defensivas de animais lesionados da parte dorsal da PAG rostral durante o confronto predatório. Estes animais permaneciam com as respostas de avaliação de risco (AR) porem perdem as respostas de freezing. Em um segundo estudo, analisamos as respostas defensivas frente ao predador em animais lesionados da parte ventrolateral da PAG caudal. Estes animais perdem as respostas de freezing e aumentam as respostas de AR. Será que as respostas de AR dependem da integridade da parte dorsal rostral e ventrolateral caudal da PAG ? Por último, investigamos as respostas defensivas em animais com lesão combinada destas áreas. Observamos uma diminuição drástica das AR e um aumento das respostas exploratórias. Provavelmente, as respostas de AR estão sendo moduladas pela parte dorsal rostral e ventrolateral caudal da PAG através de seus alvos ascendentes hipotalâmicos, e estes com o septo lateral. As respostas de freezing parecem ser moduladas por projeções descendentes da PAG para a medula espinal. / First, we investigated the defensive responses of injured animals of the dorsal part of the rostral PAG during predatory confrontation. These animals remained with the risk assessment responses (AR) however lose the freezing of response. In a second study, we analyzed the defensive responses front predator injured animals in the ventrolateral part of the caudal PAG. These animals lose the responses of freezing and increase AR responses. Does the AR responses depend on the integrity of dorsal part rostral and caudal ventrolateral PAG? Finally, we investigated the defensive responses in animals with combined injury of these areas. We observed a dramatic decrease of AR and an increase in exploratory response. Probably AR responses are modulated by the dorsal part of the rostral and caudal ventrolateral PAG through its hypothalamic ascendant targets, and these with the lateral septum. Freezing responses appear to be modulated by descending projections from the PAG to the spinal cord.

Gastrointestinal (GI) septa are pathological entities whereby a wall of tissue is present in the GItract, resulting in symptoms such as dysphagia and regurgitation. They can be associated withconditions such as esophageal diverticula or upper gastrointestinal duplication, or post-surgicalcomplications such as candy cane syndrome. Current treatments involve interventions by eitherhighly skilled endoscopists or invasive surgery. We suggest the use of compression anastomosis toachieve endoscopic septotomy, relieving the patients of their symptoms. Compression anastomosisusing rings, clips, magnets, and wires or rubber bands (though not named as such for these last two)has previously been described in the literature. We propose the use of a combination of MagneticCompression Anastomosis (MCA) and what we have defined as Wire Compression Cutting (WCC),both involving progressive pressure application to induce ischemia, necrosis, inflammation, andfibrosis with regeneration. This PhD thesis describes the development of a novel medical devicedesigned to achieve the aforementioned process, from initial conception to detailed constructionby a specialized company, based on clinical and technical requirements defined in collaborationwith physicians and from latest regulations. This device, the MAgnetic Gastrointestinal UniversalSeptotome (MAGUS), consists of two magnetic boxes linked by a self-retractable wire. The wire isactivated by a spring coil system located inside the two magnetic boxes. This MAGUS MagneticDevice (MMD) is designed to be used with the MAGUS Delivery System (MDS), a catheter to whichit is attached, enabling the physician to mobilize each magnet independently during the procedure.To assess that the MAGUS meets the technical requirements of the procedure, and to mitigateagainst all possible risks that were identified through Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, verificationtests were performed in combination with animal testing. Clinical trials started in February 2020at Erasme Hospital with good preliminary results. Finally, to make the procedure more accessiblefor less experienced physicians, future improvements on the delivery catheter and procedure areproposed. / En gastroentérologie, un septum est défini comme une paroi de tissu séparant deux cavités. Ce typede structure peut être la cause de symptômes tels que de la dysphasie ou des vomissements. Il estcausé soit par des pathologies, comme les diverticules ou duplications de l’oesophage, soit par descomplications chirurgicales, comme le syndrome dit du "candy cane". Le traitement classique estla chirurgie mais celle-ci est liée à un haut taux de mortalité et morbidité. Ces dernières années,de nouvelles techniques endoscopiques ont été proposées, mais la plupart de celles-ci nécessitentl’intervention de médecins très expérimentés. Le travail développé dans cette thèse propose d’utiliserle concept d’anastomose par compression pour réaliser une découpe de ce septum. L’anastomosepar compression a été abondamment traitée dans la littérature. Cette compression est réalisée pardes anneaux, des clips, des aimants, des élastiques, ou du fil. Afin de réaliser cette septotomie,nous proposons donc de combiner l’anastomose par compression magnétique et ce que nous avonsappelé la découpe par compression par fil (Wire Compression Cutting), qui consiste à appliquer unepression, pour induire de l’ischémie, de la nécrose, de l’inflammation, et enfin de la régénérationcombinée à de la fibrose. Deux cahiers des charges, l’un clinique et l’autre technique, ont été réalisés;ceux-ci se basent sur la littérature sur le sujet, des échanges avec des médecins, et les normeset régulation actuellement d’application. Dans la suite du travail, le développement techniquedu MAGUS (MAgnetic Gastrointestinal Universal Septotome) est décrit, de l’idée à la premièreutilisation sur patients. Ce dispositif permet de réaliser cette compression, à l’aide de deux aimantsreliés par un fil rétractable. Cette solution épurée permet ainsi de découper différentes tailles deseptum, en une seule endoscopie, et sans incisions, réduisant le risque de perforation. Le "MAGUSMagnetic Device" a été conçu avec son outil dédié, le "MAGUS Delivery System", permettant defaciliter la mise en place du dispositif par endoscopie. Afin de vérifier que les caractéristiquestechniques définies au préalable sont bien remplies, et de réduire les dangers identifiés par uneanalyse de risque, des tests de vérifications ont été réalisés, en parallèle d’essais de faisabilité sur descochons. Les premières études cliniques ont commencé en février 2020 à l’Hôpital Erasme, donnantdes résultats préliminaires très encourageants. Ces premiers traitements ont notamment permisde prouver la faisabilité de la découpe par compression par fil. Ce travail est conclu en proposantdes améliorations pour le dispositif de pose, afin de faciliter sa prise en main, ainsi que de futuresnouvelles applications cliniques. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur et technologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Les malformations cardiaques congénitales (CHM) représentent 28 % de toutes les malformations congénitales majeures et touchent 8 pour 1000 naissances à terme. Elles sont la cause de mortalité et de morbidité non infectieuse la plus fréquente chez les enfants de moins d’une année de vie. Les communications interventriculaires (VSD) forment le sous-type de CHM le plus fréquent et l’aggrégation familiale est extrêmement rare. Le but de cette étude était d’identifier les facteurs génétiques et les régions chromosomiques contribuant aux VSD. Une grande famille ségréguant diverses formes de pathologies septales, incluant des VSD, des anévrysmes du septum interventriculaire (VSA) et des communications interauriculaires (ASD), a été examinées et caractérisées cliniquement et génétiquement. Dix-huit membres de la famille, sur trois générations, ont pu être étudiés. (10 affectés : 4 VSD, 3 VSA, 2 ASD et une tétralogie de Fallot). L’analyse de liaison multipoint paramétrique démontre un logarithme des probabilités maximal (LOD) de 3.29 liant significativement le chromosome 10p15.3-10p15.2 aux traits observés dans cette famille. Le pointage LOD oriente vers une région pauvre en gènes qui a déjà été associée aux malformations du septum interventriculaire, mais qui est distincte de la région du syndrome de DiGeorge de type 2 sur le chromosome 10p. De plus, plusieurs scénarios d’analyse de liaison suggèrent que la tétralogie de Fallot est une phénocopie et qu’elle est donc génétiquement différente des autres pathologies du septum observées dans cette famille. En bref, cette étude associe une forme rare de VSD/VSA au chromosome 10p15 et permet d’étendre le spectre de l’hétérogénéité des pathologies septales. Mots-clés : Malformations cardiaques congénitales, malformations du septum, tétralogie de Fallot, analyse de liaison, chromosome 10p15, génétique moléculaire / Cardiac malformations represents 28 % of all major congenital malformation and affect 8 per 1000 live birth. They are the most frequent cause of non infectious mortality and morbidity in childen of less then 1 year of life. Although ventricular septal defects (VSD) are the most common congenital heart lesion, familial clustering has been described only in rare instances. The aim of this study was to identify genetic factors and chromosomal regions contributing to VSD. A unique, large kindred segregating various forms of septal pathologies—including VSD, ventricular septal aneurysms, and atrial septal defects (ASD)—was ascertained and characterized clinically and genetically. Eighteen family members in three generations could be studied, out of whom 10 are affected (2 ASD, 3 septal aneurysm, 4 VSD, and 1 tetralogy of Fallot). Parametric multipoint LOD scores reach significance on chromosome 10p15.3-10p15.2 (max. 3.29). The LOD score support interval is in a gene-poor region where deletions have been reported to associate with septal defects, but that is distinct from the DiGeorge syndrome 2 region on 10p. Multiple linkage analysis scenarios suggest that tetralogy of Fallot is a phenocopy and genetically distinct from the autosomal dominant form of septal pathologies observed in this family. This study maps a rare familial form of VSD/septal aneurysms to chromosome 10p15 and extends the spectrum of the genetic heterogeneity of septal pathologies. Fine mapping, haplotype construction, and resequencing will provide a unique opportunity to study the pathogenesis of septal defects and shed light on molecular mechanisms of septal development.