| Autor: |
Ozcan H; Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Aydın N; Department of Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Aydın MD; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Oral E; Department of Psychiatry, Medical Faculty, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey., Gündoğdu C; Department of Pathology, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Şipal S; Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Giresun University, Giresun, Turkey., Halıcı Z; Department of Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, University of Ataturk, Erzurum, Turkey. |
| Abstrakt: |
Background/aim: The olfactory bulbectomy (OBX) technic is a well-known animal model for depression. According to serotonin hypothesis of depression, one of the possible explanations to this mechanism is the destroying effect of OBX on raphe nuclei which especially include serotonergic neurons. In this study, we aimed to explore histopathological findings in raphe nuclei in OBX rats. Materials and methods: Forty-eight rats (8 control group, 10 sham group, and 30 as the study group) were used. No procedure was applied to the control group. Only frontal burr holes were performed at the level of olfactory bulbs (OBs) on the sham group. Mechanical OBX by compression was applied to 20 rats and the OBs of 10 rats were cauterized. Their OBs, olfactory cortices, raphe nuclei were extracted, tissue specimens were taken than examined by using histopathological methods including hematoxylin and eosin, S-100, and TUNEL staining. Physical dissector method was used to evaluate the number of living and apoptotic neurons in the raphe nuclei. Results: Prominent neuronal loss and morphological changes in the dorsal raphe nuclei were detected in study groups. Conclusion: Raphe nuclei degeneration, related alterations in neurotransmitter system activities and functional brain connectivity might be related to neurobiology of depression. |
