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Neonatal tactile stimulation reverses alterations in fine structure of small, but not large myelinated fibers, from the optic nerve of iron-deficient rats: A size-based selectivity.

Abstract：

:Iron is the most common micronutrient deficiency in the world and it is most prevalent in young children, exposing their developing brain to inadequate iron levels. The damage related to neuroanatomical parameters is not reversed after iron treatment. However, evidence suggest that tactile stimulation (TS) may offer great therapeutic efficacy in cases of nutritional disorders postnatally, since the brain is remarkably responsive to its interaction with the environment. Recently, we shown that neonatal iron deficient rats achieved some remedial effect by exposing them to TS treatment early in life, reinforcing the fact that the TS approach is a positive enriching experience, therefore, here we ask whether exposure to TS treatment, could also be employed to prevent fine structural changes in the fibers from optic nerve of rats maintained on an iron-deficient diet during brain development. To elucidate the protective effect of tactile stimulation, our methods resulted in 10,859 analyzed fibers, divided into small and large fibers. We found that iron deficiency led to a decreased axon, fiber and myelin size of small fibers, however, TS completely reversed the iron-decifiency-induced alteration on those fiber measurements. Large fibers were disproportionately affected by iron deficiency and there was no remediating effect due to tactile stimulation treatment. The present study adds new information regarding different alterations between small and large fibers due to diet and TS, which suggest a size-based selectivity. These results emphasize the concept that compromised brain development can be mitigated at an early age by environmental factors, such as tactile stimulation.

journal_name

Behav Brain Res

journal_title

Behavioural brain research

authors

Horiquini-Barbosa E,Gibb R,Kolb B,Bray D,Lachat JJ

doi

10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112357

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-02-03 00:00:00

pages

112357

eissn

0166-4328

issn

1872-7549

pii

S0166-4328(19)31118-0

journal_volume

379

pub_type

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Neonatal tactile stimulation reverses alterations in fine structure of small, but not large myelinated fibers, from the optic nerve of iron-deficient rats: A size-based selectivity.