SCG postnatal remodelling - hypertrophy and neuron number stability - in Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavies (Galea spixii)

Autor(es)

Lobo Ladd, Aliny A. B. ; Lobo Ladd, Fernando V. ; da Silva, Andrea A. P. ; Oliveira, Moacir F. ^[1] ; de Souza, Romeu R. ^[2] ; Coppi, Antonio A. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fed Rural Univ Semiarid NE Reg UFERSA, Dept Anim Sci, Mossoro - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Judas Tadeu, Dept Anat, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Dept Cirurgia, Coll Vet Med, LSSCA, BR-05508270 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE; v. 30, n. 2, p. 129-137, APR 2012.
• Citações Web of Science: 3

Resumo

Whilst a fall in neuron numbers seems a common pattern during postnatal development, several authors have nonetheless reported an increase in neuron number, which may be associated with any one of a number of possible processes encapsulating either neurogenesis or late maturation and incomplete differentiation. Recent publications have thus added further fuel to the notion that a postnatal neurogenesis may indeed exist in sympathetic ganglia. In the light of these uncertainties surrounding the effects exerted by postnatal development on the number of superior cervical ganglion (SCG) neurons, we have used state-of-the-art design-based stereology to investigate the quantitative structure of SCG at four distinct timepoints after birth, viz., 1-3 days, 1 month, 12 months and 36 months. The main effects exerted by ageing on the SCG structure were: (i) a 77% increase in ganglion volume; (ii) stability in the total number of the whole population of SCG nerve cells (no change - either increase or decrease) during post-natal development; (iii) a higher proportion of uninucleate neurons to binucleate neurons only in newborn animals; (iv) a 130% increase in the volume of uninucleate cell bodies; and (v) the presence of BrdU positive neurons in animals at all ages. At the time of writing our results support the idea that neurogenesis takes place in the SCG of preas, albeit it warrants confirmation by further markers. We also hypothesise that a portfolio of other mechanisms: cell repair, maturation, differentiation and death may be equally intertwined and implicated in the numerical stability of SCG neurons during postnatal development. (C) 2011 ISDN. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 06/58705-6 - Mecanismos de proliferação neuronal pós-natal no gânglio cervical de preás (Cavia aperea) Erxlebem, 1777: neurogênese x diferenciação neuronal tardia?
• Beneficiário: Aliny Antunes Barbosa Lobo Ladd
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado