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ArticleHistology and histopathology2020

Gap junctions and expression of Cx36, Cx43 and Cx45 in the posterodorsal medial amygdala of adult rats.

Mariana Zancan, Taís Malysz, Dinara J Moura, Ana Moira Morás, Luiza Steffens, Alberto A Rasia-Filho

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Article in Histology and histopathology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mariana ZancanUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/DCBS-Physiology, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Taís MalyszUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/ICBS-Anatomy, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Dinara J MouraUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/Graduate Program in Biosciences, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Ana Moira MorásUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/Graduate Program in Biosciences, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Luiza SteffensUniversidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre/Graduate Program in Biosciences, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Alberto A Rasia-FilhoUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul/Graduate Program in Neurosciences, Porto Alegre-RS, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

Brazilian Agency National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 141867/2015-9Brazilian Agency National Council for Scientific and Technological Development 6594/2016-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The posterodorsal medial amygdala (MePD) has an adapted synaptic organization that dynamically modulates reproduction and other social behaviors in rats. Discrete gap junctions between glial cells were previously reported in the MePD neuropil. Connexins (Cx) are components of gap junctions and indicative of cellular electrical coupling. Here, we report the ultrastructural occurrence of gap junctions between neurons in the MePD and demonstrate the expression and immunofluorescent labeling of Cx36, Cx43 and Cx45 in this subcortical area of adult male rats. Few neuronal gap junctions were found in the MePD and, when identified, occurred between dendrites. On the other hand, there is a diffuse presence and distribution of punctate labelling for the tested Cxs. Puncta were visualized isolated or forming clusters in the same focal plane of cell bodies or along the MePD neuropil. The Cx36 puncta were found in neurons, Cx43 in astrocytes and Cx45 in both neurons and astrocytes. Our data indicate the presence of few gap junctions and different Cxs composition in the MePD. Because Cxs can assemble, form hemichannel units and/or serve as transcriptional regulator, it is likely that additional modulation of intercellular communication can occur besides the chemical transmission in the MePD of adult rats.

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AmygdalaAnimalsConnexin 43ConnexinsGap Junction delta-2 ProteinGap JunctionsMaleMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNeuronsRatsRats, WistarConnexin 43ConnexinsGap Junction delta-2 ProteinGja1 protein, rat

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