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Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).

Spatial memory and the ability to navigate through space are known as sexually dimorphic traits among mammals, and numerous studies have shown that these traits can be altered by means of sex hormone manipulation. Hippocampus, the main organ involved in this kind of memory, has specific signature g...

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Main Author: Karimi, Benyamin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Reproduction
Animal breeding
Neural stem cells
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spelling my.upm.eprints.493942024-09-03T02:01:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49394/ Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats). Karimi, Benyamin Spatial memory and the ability to navigate through space are known as sexually dimorphic traits among mammals, and numerous studies have shown that these traits can be altered by means of sex hormone manipulation. Hippocampus, the main organ involved in this kind of memory, has specific signature genes, with high expression level compared to other regions of the brain. Based on their expression levels and the role that products of these genes can play in processes like signal transduction, mediation of hormone effects and long term potentiation, these genes can be considered as genes necessary for routine tasks of hippocampus. Male and female rat pups were injected with estradiol and testosterone, respectively, at early stage of their lives to examine the effect of sex hormone manipulation on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1,using comparative quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Another parallel study was also conducted, using another set of animals, to test the spatial ability after administration of sex hormones under identical conditions. The results showed that expressions of these genes are strongly influenced by sex hormones in both the frontal cortex and hippocampus, especially in male hippocampus, in which expression of all genes were up-regulated. Htr5b was the only gene that was affected only in the males. Expression of Mas1, contrary to expectations, showed stronger changes in its expression in cortex than in hippocampus. Nr3c2 was down regulated in all samples but up regulated in male hippocampus; Slc9a4 also showed a huge up-regulation in male hippocampus compared to other samples. It was also evident from the Morris Water Maze test results that sex hormone manipulation significantly alters the ability in spatial memory and navigation. 2013-11 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/49394/1/FP%202013%2043RR%28UPM%29.pdf Karimi, Benyamin (2013) Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats). Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Reproduction Animal breeding Neural stem cells English
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Animal breeding
Neural stem cells
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Animal breeding
Neural stem cells
Karimi, Benyamin
Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
description Spatial memory and the ability to navigate through space are known as sexually dimorphic traits among mammals, and numerous studies have shown that these traits can be altered by means of sex hormone manipulation. Hippocampus, the main organ involved in this kind of memory, has specific signature genes, with high expression level compared to other regions of the brain. Based on their expression levels and the role that products of these genes can play in processes like signal transduction, mediation of hormone effects and long term potentiation, these genes can be considered as genes necessary for routine tasks of hippocampus. Male and female rat pups were injected with estradiol and testosterone, respectively, at early stage of their lives to examine the effect of sex hormone manipulation on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1,using comparative quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Another parallel study was also conducted, using another set of animals, to test the spatial ability after administration of sex hormones under identical conditions. The results showed that expressions of these genes are strongly influenced by sex hormones in both the frontal cortex and hippocampus, especially in male hippocampus, in which expression of all genes were up-regulated. Htr5b was the only gene that was affected only in the males. Expression of Mas1, contrary to expectations, showed stronger changes in its expression in cortex than in hippocampus. Nr3c2 was down regulated in all samples but up regulated in male hippocampus; Slc9a4 also showed a huge up-regulation in male hippocampus compared to other samples. It was also evident from the Morris Water Maze test results that sex hormone manipulation significantly alters the ability in spatial memory and navigation.
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author Karimi, Benyamin
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author_sort Karimi, Benyamin
title Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
title_short Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
title_full Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
title_fullStr Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mRNA expression of Slc9a4, Nr3c2, Htr5b and Mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
title_sort comparison of sex hormone manipulation effects during perinatal period on mrna expression of slc9a4, nr3c2, htr5b and mas1, in hippocampus and frontal cortex of male and female rats).
publishDate 2013
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