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| Raineki,C.; Pickenhagen,A.; Roth,T.L.; Babstock,D.M.; McLean,J.H.; Harley,C.W.; Lucion,A.B.; Sullivan,R.M.. |
| Infant rats must learn to identify their mother’s diet-dependent odor. Once learned, maternal odor controls pups’ approach to the mother, their social behavior and nipple attachment. Here we present a review of the research from four different laboratories, which suggests that neural and behavioral responses to the natural maternal odor and neonatal learned odors are similar. Together, these data indicate that pups have a unique learning circuit relying on the olfactory bulb for neural plasticity and on the hyperfunctioning noradrenergic locus coeruleus flooding the olfactory bulb with norepinephrine to support the neural changes. Another important factor making this system unique is the inability of the amygdala to become incorporated into the infant... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Maternal odor; Olfactory bulb; Norepinephrine; Attachment; Locus coeruleus; Amygdala. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010001000001 |
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| Fabris,G.; Anselmo-Franci,J.A.; Branco,L.G.S.. |
| Hypoxia elicits hyperventilation and hypothermia, but the mechanisms involved are not well understood. The nitric oxide (NO) pathway is involved in hypoxia-induced hypothermia and hyperventilation, and works as a neuromodulator in the central nervous system, including the locus coeruleus (LC), which is a noradrenergic nucleus in the pons. The LC plays a role in a number of stress-induced responses, but its participation in the control of breathing and thermoregulation is unclear. Thus, in the present study, we tested the hypothesis that LC plays a role in the hypoxia-induced hypothermia and hyperventilation, and that NO is involved in these responses. Electrolytic lesions were performed bilaterally within the LC in awake unrestrained adult male Wistar rats... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Nitric oxide; Locus coeruleus; Hypoxia; Ventilation; Body temperature; Rat. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1999001100009 |
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