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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.42.2015.tde-16102015-192516
Document
Author
Full name
Leandro Bueno Lima
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2015
Supervisor
Committee
Metzger, Martin Andreas (President)
Britto, Luiz Roberto Giorgetti de
Felicio, Luciano Freitas
Motta, Simone Cristina
Ortiz, Sandra Regina Mota
Title in Portuguese
Aferências hipotalâmicas para a área tegmental ventral, núcleo tegmental rostromedial e núcleo dorsal da rafe.
Keywords in Portuguese
Aversão
Hipotálamo
Mesencéfalo
Rastreamento neural
Recompensa
Tegmento mesopontino
Abstract in Portuguese
O hipotálamo modula comportamentos relacionados à motivação, recompensa e punição através de projeções para a área tegmental ventral (VTA), o núcleo dorsal da rafe (DR) e o núcleo tegmental rostromedial (RMTg). Nesse estudo, investigamos através de métodos de rastreamento retrógrado as entradas hipotalâmicas da VTA, do DR e do RMTg e, se neurônios hipotalâmicos individuais inervam mais do que uma dessas regiões. Também determinamos uma possível assinatura GABAérgica ou glutamatérgica das aferências hipotalâmicas, através de rastreamento retrógrado combinado com métodos de hibridação in situ. Observamos que VTA, DR e RMTg recebem um padrão bastante semelhante de entradas hipotalâmicas originando de neurônios de projeção glutamatérgicas e GABAérgicas, a maioria deles (> 90%) inervando somente um desses três alvos. Nossos achados indicam que entradas hipotalâmicas são importantes fontes de sinais homeostáticos para a VTA, o DR e o RMTg. Eles exibem um alto grau de heterogeneidade que permite de excitar ou inibir as três estruturas de forma independente ou em conjunto.
Title in English
Hypothalamic afferents to the ventral tegmental area, rostromedial tegmental nucleus and dorsal rafe nucleus.
Keywords in English
Aversion
Hypothalamus
Mesencephalon
Mesopontine tegmentum
Neuronal tracing
Reward
Abstract in English
The hypothalamus modulates behaviors related to motivation, reward and punishment via projections to the ventral tegmental area (VTA), dorsal raphe nucleus (DR), and rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg). In this study we investigated by retrograde tracing methods hypothalamic inputs to the VTA, DR, and RMTg, and whether individual hypothalamic neurons project to more than one of these structures. We also determined a possible GABAergic or glutamatergic phenotype of hypothalamic afferents, by combining retrograde tracing with in situ hybridization methods. We found that VTA, DR, and RMTg receive a very similar set of hypothalamic afferents originating from glutamatergic and GABAergic hypothalamic projection neurons, the majority of them (> 90%) only innervating one of these structures. Our findings indicate that hypothalamic inputs are important sources of homeostatic signals for the VTA, DR, and RMTg. They exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity which permits to activate or inhibit the three structures either independently or jointly.
 
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2015-10-16
 
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