title: Hemi-ovariectomies promote a decrease in the dendritic lengths of CA1 and CA3 neurons: A dimorphic effect of the cerebral hemispheres.
abstract: Certain structures of the central nervous system (CNS) are morphologically and functionally related to the ovaries. Ovariectomy has been used to study the functional role of the ovaries in the CNS, as well as the role of the CNS on the reproductive system. In the present study, the effects of left and right hemi-ovariectomy on the morphology of pyramidal neurons from the CA1 and CA3 regions of the ventral hippocampus were studied. During the estrus phase, female Long-Evans rats underwent either left and right hemi-ovariectomies or left and right sham surgeries. Three estrous cycles later, the animals were sacrificed, and their brains were processed in Golgi-Cox stain and analyzed by the Sholl method to calculate the dendritic length of the CA1 and CA3 neurons of the left and right hemispheres. The results indicate that the dendritic lengths of the basilar and apical arbors of the CA1 neurons from the left hemisphere were shorter after both left and right hemi-ovariectomy, while the CA1 neurons from the right hemisphere were not affected by either procedure. However, the basilar dendritic arbors of the CA3 neurons from both hemispheres were affected by right hemi-ovariectomy. The spine density only decreased in the apical arbors in the CA3 neurons from the left hemisphere of rats that underwent right hemi-ovariectomy. This study's results indicate that hemi-ovariectomy in adult rats changes in the morphology of the CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons in the ventral hippocampus and that there are dimorphic responses between the hemispheres.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
authors.forename: Dolores Adriana
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bravo Durán
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. Electronic address: berenice71@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Adriana Berenice
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Silva Gómez
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Experimental, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
authors.forename: Ana Coral
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez Rosas
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Neuroendocrinología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Edificio 112A, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 72520 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trujillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056547:CA1 Region, Hippocampal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D056654:CA3 Region, Hippocampal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D010052:Ovariectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: CA1 neurons; CA3 neurons; Dendritic length; Hemiovariectomy; Spine density; Ventral hippocampus