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Journal articles on the topic "Filamentos intermediários"
Machado, Gisele Fabrino, and Florêncio Figueiredo. "Revisão: filamentos intermediários." Medicina (Ribeirao Preto Online) 29, no. 1 (March 30, 1996): 104–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v29i1p104-113.
Full textZuccari, D. A. P. C., A. E. Santana, and N. S. Rocha. "Expressão dos filamentos intermediários no diagnóstico dos tumores mamários de cadelas." Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia 54, no. 6 (December 2002): 586–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-09352002000600005.
Full textAlmeida Jr., Hiram Larangeira de. "Citoqueratinas." Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia 79, no. 2 (April 2004): 135–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0365-05962004000200002.
Full textBortoli, Erica, Juliana K. Frizzo, and Carlos Alberto Gonçalves. "Modulação do estado de polimerização in vitro dos filamentos intermediários em astrócitos pela fosforilação e proteína S100B." Ciência e Natura 25, no. 25 (December 9, 2003): 41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2179460x27235.
Full textLinartevichi, Vagner Fagnani, Juliana Peres, Karin Kristina Pereira Bockler, and Patrícia Barth Radaelli. "Patogenia das doenças relacionadas ao citoesqueleto: uma revisão da literatura/ Pathogenics of cytoskeleton-related diseases: a review." Brazilian Journal of Development 7, no. 6 (June 18, 2021): 60578–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.34117/bjdv7n6-438.
Full textLemos, Karen Regina, and Antonio Carlos Alessi. "Astrócitos imunorreativos à proteína glial fibrilar ácida (GFAP) em sistema nervoso central de equinos normais e de equinos com leucoencefalomalácia." Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 19, no. 3-4 (July 1999): 104–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-736x1999000300003.
Full textNogueira-Castañon, Maria Christina Marques, Tullia Cuzzi Maya, and René Garrido Neves. "Expressão das citoceratinas em dermatoses infecto- parasitárias associadas à hiperplasia epidérmica." Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia 79, no. 6 (December 2004): 679–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0365-05962004000600004.
Full textMagalhães, Larissa Fernandes, Geórgia Modé Magalhães, Sabryna Gouveia Calazans, Leandro Zuccolloto Crivellenti, Gabriela Piovan Lima, and Alessandra Aparecida Medeiros-Ronchi. "Imunomarcação da transição epitélio-mesenquima na neoplasia mamária primária de cadelas e sua metástaseem linfonodo." Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 37, no. 12 (December 2017): 1479–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0100-736x2017001200019.
Full textMachado, Gisele Fabrino, and Antonio Carlos Alessi. "Astrócitos imunorreativos à proteína glial fibrilar ácida (GFAP) em SNC de bovinos normais e de bovinos com raiva. I. Hipocampo e giro dentato." Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science 34, no. 6 (December 1, 1997): 345. http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-3659.v34i6p345-348.
Full textOrsini, Heloísa, Eduardo Fernandes Bondan, Melissa Sanchez, Maria Anete Lallo, Paulo César Maiorka, Maria Lúcia Zaidan Dagli, and Dominguita Luthers Graça. "Marcação imunoistoquímica da expressão astrocitária de proteína glial fibrilar ácida e de vimentina no sistema nervoso central de cães com cinomose." Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria 65, no. 4a (December 2007): 1070–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0004-282x2007000600032.
Full textDissertations / Theses on the topic "Filamentos intermediários"
Karl, Juliana Damm. "Estudo da fosforilação e estrutura de filamentos intermediários em astrócitos permeabilizados com digitonina." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/3655.
Full textPierozan, Paula. "Efeitos da administração intraestriatal aguda de ácido quinolítico sobre o citoesqueleto de células neurais de ratos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/35143.
Full textIn the present study we investigated the effect of in vivo intrastriatal injection of quinolinic acid (QA) on rat cytoskeleton proteins in astrocytes and neurons of young rats at early stages (30 min) after infusion. Intrastriatal QA injection is an excitotoxic model of Huntington´s Disease (HD). Results showed that QA (150μmol/0.5μL) significantly increased the in vitro phosphorylation of the low molecular weight neurofilament subunit (NF-L) and the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) of neurons and astrocytes, respectively. This effect was mediated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA), protein kinase C (PKC) and Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (PKCaMII). In contrast, mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK) were not activated by QA infusion. Furthermore, the specific N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist MK-801 (0.25 mg/kg i.p), the antioxidant L-NAME (60 mg\kg\day), and diphenyldiselenide (PheSe)2 (0.625 mg\kg\day) injected prior to QA infusion totally prevented QA-induced hyperphosphorylation of cytoskeletal proteins. We also observed that QA-induced hyperphosphorylation was targeted at the Ser55 phosphorylating site on NF-L head domain, described as a regulatory site for NF assembly in vivo. This effect was fully prevented by MK801, by the PKA inhibitor H89 and by (PheSe)2, whereas staurosporine (PKC inhibitor) only partially prevented Ser55 phosphorylation. The PKCaMII inhibitor (KN93) and the antioxidant L-NAME failed to prevent the hyperphosphorylation of Ser55 by QA infusion. Therefore, we presume that QA-elicited NF-LSer55 hyperphosphorylation of the neural cytoskeleton achieved by intrastriatal QA injection could represent an early step in the pathophysiological cascade of deleterious events exerted by QA in rat striatum. Our observations also indicate that NMDA-mediated Ca2+ events and oxidative stress may be related to the altered protein cytoskeleton hyperphosphorylation observed with important implications for brain function.
Carvalho, Ronan Vivian. "Efeitos da hiperamonemia sobre a homeostase do citoesqueleto em células neurais de ratos jovens." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/126845.
Full textHigh ammonia levels in the blood are toxic to brain and can lead to seizures, coma and death. The susceptibility of the developing brain to neurological abnormalities is greater than in adults. The cytoskeleton and, in particular, the intermediate filaments (IFs) are a target of neurotoxins and toxic metabolites. The intermediate dilaments (IFs) in the CNS are mainly represented by neurofilaments of high, medium and light molecular weight (NF-H, NF-M, NF-L) in neurons, glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin (GFAP and VIM), in astrocytes. Phosphorylation is a post-translational modification described as one of the major mechanisms regulating the dynamics of IFs. In the present work, we studied the effects of toxic concentrations of ammonia on the cytoskeleton, with emphasis in the homeostasis of the phosphorylating system directed to the IFs and we focused in some molecular mechanisms involved in these effects. For this, we use two experimental models of acute hyperammonemia in animals of 10 and 21 days of age: in vivo and in vitro models. In the in vivo model, animals were injected intraperitoneally with ammonium acetate (7 mmol/Kg) and the phosphorylation level of the cytoskeletal proteins was analyzed in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus.The injected acetate did not alter the phosphorylation level of IFs in the cerebral cortex of 10 day-old rats, 30 and 60 min after injection. However, we noted hypophosphorylation of the astrocytic (GFAP and VIM) as well as neuronal IFs (NF-L, NF-M and NF-H) 30 min after injection, and this effect was reversed 60 min after injection. The phosphorylating system associated with IFs of neural cells of the hippocampus was not altered as compared with controls at both ages and in the two studied times. In the in vitro model, the response to NH4Cl was structure-dependent and dose-dependent at the concentrations of 0.5, 1 and 5 mM. Hippocampal slices of 10-day-old rats showed hypophosphorylation of GFAP VIM and NFL in response to incubation with 5 mM NH4Cl, and unaltered homeostasis of the phosphorylating system directed to the cytoskeleton in the neural cells of the cerebral cortex. On the other hand, slices of cerebral cortex of 21-day-old rats showed hypophosphorylation of astrocytic IFs (GFAP and VIM) without altering the phosphorylating system directed to hippocampal IFs. The hypophosphorylation in response to cellular signals is often associated with activation of protein phosphatases. Therefore, in an attempt to study the signaling pathways we seek identify phosphatases involved in the effect of NH4Cl, using cerebral cortex slices. The protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2B (PP2B) were activated in response to 5 mM NH4Cl 30 min after injection and this event was associated with in intra and extracellular Ca2+ levels via activation of glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. Taken together, our data show that the neurotoxicity of ammonia is directed to the phosphorylating imbalance of both neuronal as astrocytic IFs through disruption of the homeostasis of the NMDA-mediated signaling mechanisms of cortical astrocytes of 21-day-old rats. These changes may be part of the neurological damage associated with acute hyperammonemia, in the developing brain, as mental retardation and cerebral palsy. We believe that these results are relevant for understanding the molecular basis involved in the toxicity of ammonia in the CNS.
Scorza, Carla Alessandra [UNIFESP]. "Expressão da proteína nestina no cérebro de ratos submetidos ao status epilepticus induzido pela pilocarpina: avaliação do período pós-natal ao envelhecimento." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2006. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/21386.
Full textCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Fundo de Auxílio aos Docentes e Alunos (FADA)
Programa de Apoio a Núcleos de Excelência (Pronex)
Objetivos: A nestina, uma proteína do filamento intermediário, pode ser usada como um indicador de imaturidade celular. Nas células já diferenciadas, essa proteína é substituída por outro tipo de filamento intermediário, específico do referido tecido. Porém, sua reexpressão pode ser induzida em condições regenerativas e/ou degenerativas. Assim, na tentativa de elucidar as alterações plásticas após um dano cerebral provocado pelo status epilepticus (SE) induzido pela pilocarpina em ratos, nossos objetivos foram: Ia) Estudar a expressão fisiológica normal da nestina no hipocampo e no córtex de ratos normais desde PN9 até a fase adulta (PN90); Ib) Avaliar as alterações da expressão da nestina no hipocampo e no córtex de ratos submetidos a três episódios de SE, induzidos pela pilocarpina, em PN7 PN8 e PN9. Esses animais foram estudados desde PN9 até PN90; 11) Estudar a expressão temporal e espacial da nestina no hipocampo de ratos adultos submetidos ao modelo da pilocarpina (fases aguda, silenciosa e crônica); 111) Avaliar a expressão da nestina no hipocampo de ratos idosos normais e em ratos idosos com epilepsia. Esses animais foram submetidos ao modelo da pilocarpina na fase adulta e seus cérebros foram estudados ao completarem dois anos de idade. Métodos: Indução do SE pela injeção de pilocarpina (ip); a expressão da nestina foi estudada por imuno-histoquímica. Resultados: No período pós-natal precoce, a expressão fisiológica da nestina foi intensamente visualizada nas glias radiais corticais, nas fibras hipocampais e nos vasos sanguíneos, desaparecendo nos animais adultos. Os animais submetidos ao SE em PN7-9, apresentaram aumento na expressão e atraso no desaparecimento da nestina, tanto nas glias radiais como nos vasos sanguíneos, em relação aos seus respectivos controles. Glias radiais corticais foram ainda encontradas nos ratos experimentais em PN21, enquanto que durante o desenvolvimento fisiológico normal elas já não estão mais presentes nessa idade. Quanto à distribuição temporal e espacial da nestina nos astrócitos reativos hipocampais de ratos adultos, submetidos ao modelo da pilocarpina, não encontramos a expressão dessa proteína nos animais dos grupos controle e agudo. Em contraste, os ratos...(au).
Purpose: Nestin is an intermediate filament component protein and can be used as an indicator of cellular immaturity. In the adult differentiated cell, nestin is replaced for other intermediate filament protein specific of the referred tissue. However, nestin re-expression can be induced by regenerative and/or degenerative conditions. In this way, in order to try to elucidate the plastic alterations followed by brain damage provoked by status epilepticus (SE) induced by pilocarpine in rats, the present work has the following purposes: Ia) Evaluate the physiological hippocampal and cortical nestin expression in rats from P9 to adulthood (P90); Ib) Evaluate hippocampal and cortical alterations of nestin expression in rats submitted to three episodes of SE induced by pilocarpine (P7,P8,P9). These animals were studied from P9 to P90; II) Evaluate the hippocampal temporal and spatial nestin expression of the adult rats submitted to the pilocarpine model of epilepsy (acute, silent and chronic phases); III) Evaluate the hippocampal nestin expression in aged normal rats and in aged rats with epilepsy. The aged chronic rats were submitted to the pilocarpine SE when young adults and they were studied with two years old. Methods: The SE was induced by pilocarpine injection (ip) and nestin expression was studied by immunohistochemistry. Results: Nestin expression was found in cortical radial glia, hippocampal fibers and blood vessels during early postnatal development, disappearing in the adulthood. Rats submitted to pilocarpine SE (P7-P9) showed a delayed nestin down-regulation in the cortical radial glia as well as in the blood vessels, when compared to their controls. We still found cortical radial glia in the experimental rats of P21 group, however they are not found anymore under normal physiological conditions at this age. Referring to the hippocampal reactive astrocytes expressing nestin in the adult rats submitted to the pilocarpine model, we did not detect nestin expression in the rats of the control and acute groups. In other hand, the animals of the silent group presented intense nestin expression 3 and 7 days after SE. Interestingly, still in the silent phase, we did not find any nestin expression 14 days after SE. However, in the 65 chronic phase of the model, the reactive astrocytes expressing nestin are again observed and they were sparsely distributed for all the hippocampal formation. The aged rats of the control group did not present nestin expression. However, aged chronic rats presenting long term epilepsy showed the same pattern of nestin immunoreactivity as observed in the chronic adult rats. Conclusions: This work showed that physiological nestin expression during early postnatal development to adulthood. Nestin immunoreactivity was intense in the cortical radial glia, hippocampal fibers and blood vessels during the early postnatal development disapearing in adulthood. Our data shoed that nestin expression was delayed in the rats submitted to SE (P7-9), suggesting a normal development impairment. We still found cortical radial glia in P21 in the experimental animals, suggesting a retardation of nestin down-regulation. The adult rats of the silent phase of the pilocarpine model presented transient nestin expression in the reactive astrocytes. However, reactive astrocytes expressing nestin were still found in the chronic phase of the model. These data suggest that nestin plays a role in the plastic events in the adult tissue after brain damage. The normal aging did not induce nestin re-expression. However, aged rats have the potential to re-express a developmental protein of immature cell, since the chronic aged rats in this study presented hippocampal reactive astrocytes. In this way, the knowledge of a temporal window of proteins such as nestin, with multi-potential and regenerative potential, allows advances in neurobiology understanding and contributes to the progress of cellular therapy in neurological diseases.
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Zamoner, Ariane. "Efeito do 3,5,3' -triiodo-l-tironina nas proteínas dos filamentos intermediários de testículos de ratos durante o desenvolvimento sexual." Florianópolis, SC, 2002. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/84227.
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As células de Sertoli têm um importante papel no desenvolvimento e na manutenção da espermatogênese em testículos de mamíferos. A expressão de receptores funcionais para T3 no testículo e a demonstração de que este hormônio afeta as funções das células de Sertoli sugerem estas células como um modelo para o estudo da regulação hormonal das proteínas do citoesqueleto. Foram descritos vários estudos sobre os efeitos dos hormônios da tireóide na proliferação e diferenciação das células de Sertoli. Entretanto, ainda não forma descritas as ações do T3 especificamente no citoesqueleto testicular durante o desenvolvimento sexual de ratos. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram estudar a ontogenia da vimentina, o efeito dos tratamentos in vivo e in vitro com T3 no imunoconteúdo e na incorporação in vitro de 32P ortofosfato na vimentina em testículos de rato durante o desenvolvimento sexual, avaliar os efeitos do tratamento in vivo com T3 nos níveis séricos dos hormônios tireoidianos, do TSH e do triacilglicerol nas fases imatura, púbere e adulta e avaliar as alterações morfológicas causadas pelo tratamento in vivo nos túbulos seminíferos na fase imatura. Para a ontogenia do imunoconteúdo e da fosforilação da vimentina, e para os estudos de tratamento in vitro foram utilizados ratos de 15, 35 e 45 dias de idade. No estudo dos efeitos in vivo foram utilizados ratos de 8, 28 e 38 dias de idade que foram tratados com T3 80 µg/Kg de peso corporal durante 7 dias consecutivos, até atingirem os 15, 35 e 45 dias respectivamente. No dia do experimento o sangue foi coletado para as determinações dos níveis hormonais e de triacilglicerol. O tratamento in vivo com hormônio T3 produziu alterações no níveis de T3, T4, TSH e triacilglicerol condizentes com um estado de hipertireoidismo induzido. Para análise morfológica, um testículo foi fixado para microscopia óptica e o contralateral para eletrônica. A fração citoesquelética enriquecida em filamentos intermediários foi obtida, e o imunoconteúdo e a incorporação in vitro de ortofosfato radioativo forma quantificados por densitometria óptica da banda correspondente à vimentina, Os estudos morlógicos apresentaram túbulos seminíferos mantendo a integridade funcional e estrutural de epitélio seminífero com lúmen tubular formado. Nas células de Sertoli da ratos tratados, observou-se aumento na quantidade de retículo endoplasmático rugoso, aparelho de Golgi mais desenvolvido e presença de lipídeos dispersos dentro e fora das células, indicando que a célula estava com intensa atividade de síntese e processamento de proteínas e que o tratamento estimulou a maturação celular. Os resultados também demonstraram que a vimentiva é expressa ao longo do desenvolvimento sexual, onde o imunoconteúdo diminui da fase imatura para a púbere e volta a aumentar na idade adulta. Tanto o tratamento in vivo quanto in vitro com o hormônio promoveram aumento no imunoconteúdo e na fosforelação da vimentina de testículos de retos nas fases imatura e adulta do desenvolvimento sexual. Nos estudos do efeito in vitro, demonstrou-se que a dose de 0,1 µM de T3 estimulou a fosforilação sem afetar o imunoconteúdo da vimentina, enquanto a dose de 100 µM apresentou o efeito oposto. Todavia, as doses intermediárias (1 µM e 10 µM) induziram aumento na fosforilação e no imunoconteúdo da vimentina insolúvel em Triton X-100. O T3 pode estar envolvido em uma variedade de processos que regulam a organização do citoesqueleto ou com os elementos envolvidos em transdução de sinais intracelulares. Nossos resultados sugerem que durante a maturação sexual, os mecanismos de regulação hormonal são importantes no equilíbrio entre polimerização e despolimerização dos filamentos intermediários de testículos de ratos. Desse modo, os mecanismos pelos quais o T3 estimula a fosforilação e o imunoconteúdo da vimentina parecem envolver diretamente atividade de quinases e/ou fosfatases mediando vias de transdução de sinais.
Funchal, Cláudia da Silva. "Estudo ontogenético dos efeitos do ácido alfa-cetoisocapróico na fosforilação in vitro de filamentos intermediários de córtex cerebral de ratos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/3783.
Full textGehlen, Gunther. "Efeito dos hormônios gonadais sobre os filamentos intermediários de astrócitos hipocampais, durante o desenvolvimento e o ciclo estral : uma abordagem imunoistoquímica." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/18914.
Full textThe hippocampus is part of the limbic system, its functions are varied, and their role in the regulation of emotional behavior and in processes related to the memories storage. Despite having little or no role in the control of reproductive function, the hippocampus still a sensitive target to gonadal steroids. Intermediate filaments such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is an efficient marker of the cytoskeleton of astrocytes and the action of gonadal hormones could alter this structure. The objectives of this study were to measure the number of GFAP imunorreactive cells (GFAP-ir), analysing the immunoreactivity the intermediate filaments of astrocyte, and their morphology by the Scholl‟s method, GFAP-ir in the stratum radiatum of the CA1 region from dorsal hippocampus of male and female rats during postnatal development. In addition, we investigated the GFAP-ir in the same regions of adult males and females, these under physiological hormonal changes (during the estrous cycle), as shown by supraphysiological (hormone replacement after ovariectomy). Three experiments were performed: the first was used male and female rats during postnatal development (n = 48), whose ages were 11 days postnatal (PN11), 21 (PN21), 31 (PN31) and 45 ( PN45). In the second experiment, we used adult male Wistar rats and nulliparous adult females during the estrous cycle (diestrus, proestrus, estrus and metestrus, n= 30) to reveal differences caused by female gonadal hormones on the content of astrocytes in the hippocampus. In the third experiment, a nulliparous adult females subjected to ovariectomy (OVX) (n = 18) and treated with hormone replacement therapy of estradiol benzoate added or not with progesterone. Data were compared between groups by means of a test analysis of variance (ANOVA) one-way, and applied post-hoc Bonfferoni‟s test. A comparison of the GFAP-ir showed significant differences in cell number and orientation of the extensions. The number of central extensions, increased with age, being more significant for females (F45xF11, p ≤ 0,001, F45xF21, p ≤ 0,01 and F45xF31 p ≤ 0,01) than in males (M45x M21 p ≤ 0,05). Since the number of lateral processes showed more significantly with age in males (M45XM11, p ≤ 0,001; M45XM21, p ≤ 0,001 and M45xM31, p ≤ 0,01) than in females (F45xF11, p ≤ 0,01). We also found differences when analyzed the orientation of primary processes separately from their branches. Male rats showed higher GFAP-ir than females at all stages of the estrous cycle (diestrus, proestrus, estrus and metestrus, p <0,001) and had more cells than females (p <0,001). About cell orientation, the differences were observed just in males, both for the core processes and to the lateral (p <0,001 and p <0,05 respectively). In ovariectomized females, injections of estradiol benzoate caused an increase in GFAP-ir (P <0,001), as well as an increase in the number of cells (p <0,05), but the morphology did not differ between groups. These findings suggest that the GFAP astrocyte can be affected both by physiological levels of ovarian hormones and on the hormonal manipulation of these steroids, which may contribute to neuro-glial plasticity related to local activities and integrated these brain areas in males and females. These findings show that hormonal influence on the hippocampus were present in early stages of development of the SN of rat, specially in the morphological characteristics. In addition, differences in astrocytic composition found throughout the development, probably were related to the neuron-glia interaction in accordance with aspects of behavioral and neuroendocrine adjustments, specific to each gender, and each stage of differentiation of the nervous system.
Martinez, Flavia Gomes. "Estudo imunoistoquímico de filamentos intermediários astrocitários de subnúcleos da amígdala medial sob ação de hormônios gonadais em ratos durante o desenvolvimento pós-natal e em ratas adultas." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/11108.
Full textThe medial amygdala (MeA) is a sexually dimorphic area that modulates neuroendocrinol and behavioral activities and where gonadal hormones play an important role in neuron-gial and synaptic plasticity. Intermediate filaments, like the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin (VIM) are efficient markers of astrocytic cytoskeleton and are modified by gonadal hormones. The present study aimed to measure and study the optic densitometry of immunoreactivity in intermediate filaments and astrocytic markers GFAP and VIM (GFAP-ir; VIM-ir) in the three subnuclei; anterodorsal (MeAD), posterodorsal (MePD) and posteroventral (MePV) of the medial amygdala, of male and female rats during postnatal development. Moreover, the GFAP-ir in the same regions of adult females were also studied, in physiological conditions (across the estrous cycle), and by ovariectomy followed by ovarian hormone treatment. Three experiments were performed: the first used adult virgin females across the different phases of estrous cycle, diestrus, proestrus, estrus and metaestrus (n=20) in order to reveal any ovarian hormone induced alterations to astrocytic morphology in the MeA subnuclei. The second experiment used ovariectomized adult virgin (OVX) females (n=18) that received hormonal substitution with estradiol benzoate alone or plus progesterone. The third experiment used male and female Wistar rats (n=72) at different stages of postnatal development; postnatal day 1 (PN1), PN5, PN11, PN21, PN31 and PN45. All the animals were fixed by transcardiac perfusion and had their brains removed, post-fixed and processed following the unlabeled antibody procedure. The data were compared by two-way ANOVA for repeated measures and by the post-hoc Tukey-Kramer and t tests. The results show that the structural characteristics of GFAP-ir astrocytes in the MeA subnuclei are similar to those of other areas of the brain. Also, females in proestrus phase show higher GFAP-ir than the other phases of estrous cycle (diestrus, estrus and metaestrus) (P<0.02). GFAP-ir is higher in the MePD than in either the MePV or MeAD (P<0.02). In ovariectomized females,injections of estradiol alone or combined with progesterone led to an increase in GFAP-ir in both the MePD and MePV (P<0.001), but not in the MeAD (P>0.3), when compared to the control group data. These findings suggest that astrocytic GFAP may be affected by physiologic levels of ovarian hormones as well as by hormonal manipulation of these steroids, which may contribute to the neural plasticity related to local and integrated activities of these areas in the female rat brain. Developing rats showed sexual dimorphism in the investigated subnuclei of the MeA. VIM is apparently substituted by GFAP during postnatal development. In relation to VIM-ir, differences were found between the sexes: at PN1, males showed higher VIM-ir in the MeAD (P=0.001) and in the MePV (P<0.0001); at PN5, females showed higher VIM-ir in the MePD, (P<0.0001); and, at PN21, in all studied subnuclei, males showed higher VIM-ir in the (MeAD, P=0.009; MePD, P<0.001 and MePV, P=0.012). Significant differences were also found in relation to the GFAP-ir data. The interaction between sex and age showed that there is sexual dimorphism at PN1 (males with higher GFAP-ir; P<0.001) and at PN45 (females with higher GFAP-ir; P=0.033). The interaction between sex and the MeA subregions showed a significant difference in the MePV, where males showed higher GFAP-ir (P<0.001). With regard the interaction between age and the MeA subregions there were differences at PN1 (MePV>MeAD and MePD; P<0.001), at PN5 (MePV>MeAD; (P<0.003), and at PN45 (MePD>MeAD and MePV; P<0.001 in both sexes). These findings suggest the presence of sexual dimorphism in the MeA at early developmental phases of rat nervous system, exhibiting regional particularities in the MeA. Moreover, the morphological differences found in the astrocytes from the studied MeA subnuclei across the development are probably related to the neuron-glia interaction, in accordance with behavioral aspects and neuroendocrine adjustments pertinent to each sex, and each phase of differentiation of the nervous system.