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Modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by thyroid hormones: implications in depressive-like behavior

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dc.creator Montero-Pedrazuela, Ana
dc.creator Venero, César
dc.creator Lavado Autric, Rosalía
dc.creator Fernández-Lamo, Iván
dc.creator García-Verdugo, J. M.
dc.creator Bernal, Juan
dc.creator Guadaño-Ferraz, Ana
dc.date 2008-06-27T14:40:25Z
dc.date 2008-06-27T14:40:25Z
dc.date 2006-01-31
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T02:13:12Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T02:13:12Z
dc.identifier Molecular Psychiatry 11(4): 361–371 (2006)
dc.identifier 1359-4184 (Print)
dc.identifier 1476-5578 (Online)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5421
dc.identifier 10.1038/sj.mp.4001802
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5421
dc.description 11 pages, 5 figures.-- PMID: 16446739.-- El pdf del artículo es la versión de autor.
dc.description Hormonal imbalances are involved in many of the age-related pathologies, as neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. Specifically, thyroid state alterations in the adult are related to psychological changes and mood disorders as depression. The dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation undergoes neurogenesis in adult mammals including humans. Recent evidence suggests that depressive disorders and their treatment are tightly related to the number of newly born neurons in the dentate gyrus.
dc.description We have studied the effect of thyroid hormones (TH) on hippocampal neurogenesis in adult rats in vivo. A short period of adult-onset hypothyroidism impaired normal neurogenesis in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus with a 30% reduction in the number of proliferating cells. Hypothyroidism also reduced the number of newborn neuroblasts and immature neurons (doublecortin (DCX) immunopositive cells) which had a severely hypoplastic dendritic arborization. To correlate these changes with hippocampal function, we subjected the rats to the forced swimming and novel object recognition tests. Hypothyroid rats showed normal memory in object recognition, but displayed abnormal behavior in the forced swimming test, indicating a depressive-like disorder. Chronic treatment of hypothyroid rats with TH not only normalized the abnormal behavior but also restored the number of proliferative and DCX-positive cells, and induced growth of their dendritic trees. Therefore, hypothyroidism induced a reversible depressive-like disorder, which correlated to changes in neurogenesis.
dc.description Our results indicate that TH are essential for adult hippocampal neurogenesis and suggest that mood disorders related to adult-onset hypothyroidism in humans could be due, in part, to impaired neurogenesis.
dc.description This work was supported by Grants BFI2001-2412 and BFU2004-05944 (A.G.-F), BFI2002-00489 (J.B.), BFI2003-07524 (C.V.) from the Ministry of Science and Technology and FIS, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Red de Centros RCMN (C03/08). A.M.-P. and I.F.-L. are recipient of a fellowship and A.G.-F. and C.V. of a contract from the Ramón y Cajal Program, all of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Nature Publishing Group
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4001802
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Thyroid hormones
dc.subject Adult neurogenesis
dc.subject Dentate gyrus
dc.subject Proliferation
dc.subject Doublecortin
dc.subject Depressive disorder
dc.subject Ki-67
dc.title Modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by thyroid hormones: implications in depressive-like behavior
dc.type Artículo


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