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Phelix CF, Adai DM, Cantu C, Chen H, Wayner MJ. Immunohistochemical demonstration of serotonin-containing axons in the hypothalamus of the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus. Brain Res 1998; 808:197-219. [PMID: 9767166 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00796-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The wild white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, is commonly used for photoperiod studies utilizing physiological, behavioral, and other biological measures indicative of hypothalamic functions. Indoleamines, like melatonin and serotonin, are implicated in regulating these hypothalamic functions. Although neurochemical analyses of hypothalamic serotonin and its receptors have been reported for this species, the relevant neuroanatomy of the serotonin system within mouse hypothalamus has not been studied. A sensitive immunohistochemical method was used to detect serotonin within axons of coronal sections of formaldehyde fixed forebrain from P. leucopus. Large, medium and small diameter serotonin axons were evaluated in most regions, or nuclei, of the hypothalamus rostral to the mammillary region. A fourth type of serotonin axon was observed to have morphology characteristic of terminal arbors. The density of serotonin axons ranged from no staining to very high density similar to other species for which reports exist, i.e., rat, cat, and monkey. The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus had distinctively lesser density of serotonin axons in this mouse than other species. Evidence of terminal arborization in hypothalamic nuclei and regions was evident. Neuroendocrine, autonomic, and behavioral functions of the hypothalamus are suggested to be regulated by input from serotonin terminals in this wild species of mouse, in correlation with receptor localization as reported by others.
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- C F Phelix
- Division of Life Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA.
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- A E Herbison
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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Scott CJ, Rawson JA, Pereira AM, Clarke IJ. The distribution of estrogen receptors in the brainstem of female sheep. Neurosci Lett 1998; 241:29-32. [PMID: 9502208 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(97)00963-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Estrogen receptors (ER) have been mapped in the brainstem of the female sheep with immunocytochemistry. A small group of ER-positive cells was found in the lateral and ventrolateral medulla and a larger number in the nucleus of the solitary tract. ER-positive cells were abundant in the area postrema. In the rostral brainstem a small number of ER-positive cells were found in the lateral and dorsal regions of the periaqueductal gray area, and some immediately lateral to the fourth ventricle. Many ER-positive cells were also present in the region around the superior cerebellar peduncle, particularly in the lateral parabrachial nucleus. These results describe for the first time the distribution of ER in the brainstem of the sheep and indicate that the majority of estrogen-containing cells are located in structures involved in the regulation of cardiovascular parameters and fluid balance.
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- C J Scott
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
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Lehman MN, Goodman RL, Karsch FJ, Jackson GL, Berriman SJ, Jansen HT. The GnRH system of seasonal breeders: anatomy and plasticity. Brain Res Bull 1997; 44:445-57. [PMID: 9370210 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00225-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Seasonal breeders, such as sheep and hamsters, by virtue of their annual cycles of reproduction, represent valuable models for the study of plasticity in the adult mammalian neuroendocrine brain. A major factor responsible for the occurrence of seasonal reproductive transitions is a striking change in the responsiveness of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to the inhibitory effects of gonadal steroids. However, the neural circuitry mediating these seasonal changes is still relatively unexplored. In this article, we review recent findings that have begun to define that circuitry and its plasticity in a well-studied seasonal breeder, the ewe. Tract tracing studies and immunocytochemical analyses using Fos and FRAs as markers of activation point to a subset of neuroendocrine GnRH neurons in the MBH as potential mediators of pulsatile GnRH secretion. Because the vast majority of GnRH neurons lack estrogen receptors, seasonal changes in responsiveness to estradiol are most probably conveyed by afferents. Two possible mediators of this influence are dopaminergic cells in the A14/A15 cell groups of the hypothalamus, and estrogen receptor-containing cells in the arcuate nucleus that project to the median eminence. The importance of GnRH afferents in the regulation of season breeding is underscored by observations of seasonal changes in the density of synaptic inputs onto GnRH neurons. Thyroid hormones may participate in this remodeling, because they are important in seasonal reproduction, influence the morphology of other brain systems, and thyroid hormone receptors are expressed within GnRH neurons. Finally, in the hamster, neonatal hypothyroidism affects the number of caudally placed GnRH neurons in the adult brain, suggesting that thyroid hormones may influence development of the GnRH system as well as its reproductive functions in the adult brain.
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- M N Lehman
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0521, USA
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Balthazart J, Absil P. Identification of catecholaminergic inputs to and outputs from aromatase-containing brain areas of the Japanese quail by tract tracing combined with tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemistry. J Comp Neurol 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970609)382:3<401::aid-cne7>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tillet Y, Batailler M, Fellmann D. Distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH)-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the diencephalon of sheep. J Chem Neuroanat 1996; 12:135-45. [PMID: 9115668 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(96)00195-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An immunohistochemical study with an antiserum raised against salmon melanin concentrating-hormone has demonstrated the presence of numerous melanin concentrating-hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the lateral hypothalamic areas of the sheep. The pattern of distribution of these perikarya is similar to that of rodents and primates. In sheep, however, melanin concentrating-hormone-immunoreactive neurons appeared to form two gatherings: the first is situated ventromedially to the internal capsule and the second in the dorsolateral hypothalamus. In these areas, numerous immunostained perikarya are observed. Compared to the rats, labelled neurons extended more caudally in the ventral tegmental area and more rostrally above the optic chiasma. Compared to primates, these neurons are less numerous in the periventricular area. In our study, dense networks of melanin concentrating-hormone-immunoreactive varicose fibers were observed in the supramamillary nucleus, the lateral hypothalamus, the nucleus medialis thalami and nucleus reuniens and in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.
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- Y Tillet
- Unité de Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, INRA Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction des Mammifères Domestiques, Nouzilly, France
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Leshin LS, Kraeling RR, Kiser TE. Immunocytochemical localization of the catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes, tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase, in the hypothalamus of cattle. J Chem Neuroanat 1995; 9:175-94. [PMID: 8588833 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00080-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Immunocytochemical staining for the presence of catecholamine synthesizing enzymes, tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine beta-hydroxylase, was used to characterize the regional distribution of catecholaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus and adjacent areas of domestic cattle, Bos taurus. In steers, heifers and cows, tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive perikarya was located throughout periventricular regions of the third cerebral ventricle, in both anterior and retrochiasmatic divisions of the supraoptic nucleus, suprachiasmatic nucleus, and ventral and dorsolateral regions of the paraventricular nucleus, dorsal hypothalamus, ventrolateral aspects of the arcuate nucleus, along the ventral hypothalamic surface between the median eminence and optic tract, and in the posterior hypothalamus. Immunostained perikarya ranged from small (10-20 microns, parvicellular) to large (30-50 microns, magnocellular) and were of multiple shapes: round, triangular, fusiform or multipolar, often with 2-5 processes of branched arborization. There were no dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunoreactive perikarya observed within the hypothalamus and adjacent structures. However, both tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunoreactive fibers and punctate varicosities were observed throughout regions of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity perikarya. Generally, the location and pattern of hypothalamic tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunoreactive were similar to those reported for most other large brain mammalian species, however, there were several differences with commonly used small laboratory animals. These included intense tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity of perikarya within the retrochiasmatic division of the supraoptic nucleus (ventral A15 region), the absence of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive perikarya below the anterior commissure or within the bed nucleus of stria terminalis (absence of the dorsal A15 region), an abundance of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive perikarya within the ependymal layer of the median eminence, heavy innervation of the arcuate nucleus with dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunoreactive fibers and varicosities, and the paucity of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase immunoreactive throughout the median eminence.
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- L S Leshin
- USDA-ARS, R. B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, GA 30613, USA
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Gayrard V, Thiéry JC, Thibault J, Tillet Y. Efferent projections from the retrochiasmatic area to the median eminence and to the pars nervosa of the hypophysis with special reference to the A15 dopaminergic cell group in the sheep. Cell Tissue Res 1995; 281:561-7. [PMID: 7553775 DOI: 10.1007/bf00417874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Anterograde tracers, viz. Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin and fluorescein dextran, were used in conjunction with tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry to study the projections of the A15 dopaminergic cell group towards the median eminence and pituitary in sheep. After injection of the tracers in the retrochiasmatic area, which contains the cell group A15, fibres containing anterograde tracer were observed in the internal zone of the median eminence and in the pars nervosa of the pituitary. Numerous tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive fibres were present in the external zone of the median eminence and in the pars intermedia and the pars nervosa of the pituitary, with characteristic patterns of organisation in each area. Most tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibres containing fluorescein dextran were located in the pars nervosa, whereas only a few were observed in the internal zone of the median eminence. It was concluded that at least part of the dopaminergic innervation of the pars nervosa originated from the A15 group. These results provide morphological evidence for (1) the role of dopaminergic neurons of the A15 cell group in the seasonal control of prolactin secretion via the release of dopamine in the pars nervosa, and (2) putative physiological interactions between dopamine and the secretion of neurohypophysial hormones in sheep.
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- V Gayrard
- Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, INRA Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction des Mammiferes Domestiques, Nouzilly, France
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Scott CJ, Jansen HT, Kao CC, Kuehl DE, Jackson GL. Disruption of reproductive rhythms and patterns of melatonin and prolactin secretion following bilateral lesions of the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the ewe. J Neuroendocrinol 1995; 7:429-43. [PMID: 7550290 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1995.tb00779.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To determine whether the photoperiodic responses of reproductive and prolactin (PRL) rhythms in the ewe requires an intact suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) driving the pineal rhythm of melatonin secretion, four groups of ovary-intact ewes over a 6-year period were subjected to bilateral (n = 40) or sham lesions (n = 15) of the SCN. Animals were exposed to an alternating 90-120 day photoregimen of 9L:15D and 16L:8D photoperiods. Blood samples taken twice weekly were assayed for prolactin and for progesterone to monitor oestrous cycles. On several occasions blood samples also were taken at hourly intervals for 24 h and analyzed for melatonin. Melatonin concentrations in sham lesioned ewes were basal during the lights-on period and rose robustly during darkness. Those sheep bearing unilateral lesions of the SCN (n = 13) or where the lesion spared the SCN entirely (n = 8) had patterns of melatonin secretion similar to sham ewes. The remaining ewes, having complete (n = 9) or incomplete bilateral (n = 8) destruction of the SCN, with one exception, had disrupted patterns of melatonin secretion. The nature of this disruption varied from complete suppression to continuously elevated levels. In lesioned ewes where melatonin secretion was not affected the onset and cessation of ovarian cycles were similar to sham ewes; stimulation of oestrous cycles under 9L:15D and cessation of oestrous cycles under 16L:8D. In contrast, 13 of 17 ewes with disrupted melatonin secretion also exhibited disrupted patterns of ovarian activity. In these animals oestrous cycles were no longer entrained by photoperiod but still occurred in distinct clusters, that is, groups of cycles began and ended spontaneously. Sheep with normal melatonin patterns showed low levels of PRL secretion during short days and elevated PRL levels during long days. However, 8 of 13 ewes with disrupted melatonin showed patterns of PRL secretion that were no longer entrained by photoperiod. A minority of ewes with disrupted melatonin patterns still showed reproductive (n = 4) and PRL (n = 5) responses similar to those of sham-lesioned ewes. These results show that bilateral destruction of the SCN in the ewe disrupts the circadian pattern of melatonin secretion and that this disruption usually, but not always, is associated with altered photoperiodic responses. These results strongly suggest that the SCN are important neural elements within the photoperiod time-keeping system in this species. A role for the SCN in the generation of endogenous transitions in reproductive activity (refractoriness) and prolactin secretion is not supported.
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- C J Scott
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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Osaka T, Matsumura H. Noradrenaline inhibits preoptic sleep-active neurons through alpha 2-receptors in the rat. Neurosci Res 1995; 21:323-30. [PMID: 7777223 DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(94)00871-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Effects of noradrenaline (NA) on the activity of sleep-related neurons in the preoptic area (POA) and the neighboring basal forebrain were examined in the rat. Of 36 sleep-active neurons tested, 19 were inhibited and the other 17 were unaffected by NA applied through a multibarrel pipette. The alpha 2-agonist clonidine inhibited 11 of 14 sleep-active neurons and did not affect the other 3 neurons, whereas the alpha 1-agonist methoxamine (n = 13) and the beta-agonist isoproterenol (n = 11) had no effect on any of the sleep-active neurons tested. Thus, alpha 2-receptors mediated the NA-induced inhibition. Of 22 waking-active neurons tested, NA excited 10, inhibited 1, and had no effect on the remaining 11. Methoxamine excited 4 of 13 waking-active neurons tested, whereas isoproterenol (n = 9) and clonidine (n = 4) were without effect on any of the waking-active neurons tested. Accordingly, alpha 1-receptors probably mediated the NA-induced excitation. Seventy-seven state-indifferent neurons, which lacked activity related to the sleep-waking state, and 20 paradoxical sleep-active neurons were mostly (65%-70%) insensitive to NA. These results suggest that NA promotes wakefulness by inhibiting sleep-active neurons and by exciting waking-active neurons.
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- T Osaka
- Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, Japan
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Tillet Y, Thibault J. Morphological relationships between tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibres in dopamine cell group A15 of the sheep. J Chem Neuroanat 1993; 6:69-78. [PMID: 8097398 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(93)90029-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Double immunocytochemical labelling with antibodies raised against tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase was used on semi-thin sections of sheep hypothalamus to investigate possible morphological relationships between dopamine neurons of group A15 and noradrenaline afferents to this area. Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase-immunoreactive (IR) fibres were found in the close proximity of dendrites of TH-IR neurons. At electron microscopic level, single immunocytochemical staining with TH antibodies revealed the presence of synaptic contacts between labelled or unlabelled axon terminals and anti-TH labelled dendrites. These observations suggest that in the sheep, TH-IR neurons of group A15 are controlled by non-catecholaminergic and catecholaminergic afferents. Catecholamine inputs could contain either dopamine or noradrenaline. The hypothesis of noradrenaline inputs to A15 is strongly supported by the results obtained after double labelling on semi-thin sections. Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive perikarya and dendrites often seemed to be partly surrounded by glial processes. This latter observation suggests that the synaptic investment of these neurons might be controlled by glial cells.
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- Y Tillet
- Unité de Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, INRA Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction, Nouzilly, France
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