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    Efeitos da suplementação com ÔMEGA-3 em ratos Wistar durante o período de lactação sobre o comportamento emocional de mães e filhotes submetidos à separação materna longa
    (Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2010-04-28) Rocha, Janaina da Silva [UNIFESP]; Suchecki, Deborah [UNIFESP]; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
    Several studies have shown that polyunsaturated fatty acids, specially omega-3, or n-3, are essential for good health and for normal development. Such compounds, along with their active metabolites, are also important to the structural and physiological maintenance of the central nervous system throughout development, mainly during the initial phases of life. Therefore, we studied the effects of n-3 supplementation on dams and pups submitted the long maternal separation (LMS, 360 min long), from 2 to 14 post natal day (pnd). This is a stressfull stimulus to both parts. Pregnant female Wistar rats, 10-weeks old, were separated into 6 groups: 1) Control (CTL) + regular diet; 2) CTL + soy oil; 3) CTL + fish oil (n-3); 4) LMS + regular diet; 5) LMS + soy oil; 6) LMS + n-3. The supplementation was kept from birthday to weaning, which occurred on pnd 21. Three days after weaning, dams were exposed to the Elevated Plus Maze (EPM), as did the pups, on pnd 31, and three days after the Elevated Plus Maze, dams were evaluated on the Forced Swimming Test (FTS). From PND 83, male and female pups were challenged on EPM and FST. The behavioral consequences of the separation were expressive on dams, but had little influence on the emotionality of young males and females. Surprisingly, n-3 caused an ansiogenic effect on mothers, and failed to cause any effect on pups’ behavior. However, there was a reduction of the basal concentration of corticosterone in young females and an increased reactivity to stress in both male and female adolescents.