“…Changes in the hippocampal function such as defi cits of synaptic contacts and on neurotransmitter systems are correlated with learning and spatial memory defi cits (Bedi, 1991;Cintra et al, 1990;Fukuda et al, 2007;Lukoyanov & Andrade, 2000;Morgane et al, 1993;Morgane et al, 2002;Zhang et al, 2010). Pharmacological, molecular and electrophysiological studies had shown evidences that the hippocampus is a structure involved in the learning and memory processes, in the formation of a spatial cognitive map (Bedi, 1992;Lukoyanov & Andrade, 2000;O'Keefe & Nadel, 1978;Olton, 1979), and also in the neuroendocrine regulation of stress hormones and consequently in the behavioral response due to stress situations (Kim & Diamond, 2002;Margis, Picon, & Cosner, 2003;McEwen, 2000;McEwen & Sapolsky, 1995;Quevedo, Feier, Agostinho, Martins, & Roesler, 2003). The responses of the organisms to stress situations involve adaptive mechanisms to react in an effective way to real or potential threats to survival (Kim & Diamond, 2002;McEwen, 2000;McEwen & Sapolsky, 1995).…”