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Artigo Experience-dependent upregulation of multiple plasticity factors in the hippocampus during early REM sleep(Elsevier, 2015) Calais, Julien Braga; Ojopi, Elida Benquique; Morya, Edgard; Sameshima, Koichi; Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal GomesArtigo Long-term decrease in immediate early gene expression after electroconvulsive seizures(2012-08-09) Calais, Julien Braga; Valvassori, Samira S.; Resende, Wilson R.; Feier, Gustavo; Athie, Maria Carolina Pedro; Ribeiro, Sidarta Tollendal Gomes; Gattaz, Wagner Farid; Quevedo, João; Ojopi, Elida BenquiqueElectroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a wellestablished psychiatric treatment for severe depression. Despite its clinical utility, post-ECT memory deficits are a common side effect. Neuronal plasticity and memory consolidation are intimately related to the expression of immediate early genes (IEG), such as Egr1, Fos and Arc. Changes in IEG activation have been postulated to underlie long-term neuronal adaptations following electroconvulsive seizures (ECS), an animal model of ECT. To test this hypothesis, we used real-time PCR to examine the effect of acute and chronic ECS (8 sessions, one every other day) on the long-term ([24 h) expression of IEG Egr1, Fos and Arc in the hippocampus, a brain region implicated both in the pathophysiology of depression as well as in memory function. We observed a transient increase in Egr1 and Fos expression immediately after ECS, followed by a long-term decrease of IEGlevels after both acute and chronic ECS.Aseparate group of animals, submitted to the same chronic ECS protocol and then subjected to open field or passive avoidance tasks, confirmed robust memory deficits 2 weeks after the last chronic ECS. The possible role of IEG downregulation on long-term learning deficits observed following ECS are discussed.