Sexual metabolic differences in the rat limbic brain

  1. Arias del Castillo, Natalia 1
  2. Morán, Javier 1
  3. Conejo Jiménez, Nélida María 1
  4. Arias Pérez, Jorge Luis 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 25

Número: 4

Páginas: 461-467

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Antecedentes: existe poca evidencia acerca de la influencia de los estrógenos sobre el metabolismo energético cerebral o la asimetría cerebral funcional. Para evaluarlo, se utilizaron ocho machos y dieciséis hembras de rata adultas de la cepa Wistar, divididas en fase estro y diestro, con el fin de medir la actividad metabólica neuronal basal en algunas de las estructuras cerebrales del circuito de Papez. Método: utilizamos la histoquímica de la citocromo c oxidasa (C.O.) porque su actividad puede ser considerada como un relevante marcador endógeno de la actividad neuronal. Resultados: encontramos mayores niveles de C.O. en el diestro en comparación con el estro y los machos en la corteza prefrontal y el tálamo. El metabolismo oxidativo neuronal fue significativamente mayor en el estro en comparación con el grupo diestro y los machos en el hipocampo dorsal y ventral (CA1 y CA3), así como en los cuerpos mamilares. No se encontró ninguna lateralización hemisférica funcional en los grupos experimentales. Conclusiones: estos resultados sugieren un efecto modulador de los estrógenos sobre el metabolismo oxidativo neuronal.

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