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Ganeyan A, Ganesh CB. Organization of enkephalinergic neuronal system in the central nervous system of the gecko Hemidactylus frenatus. Brain Struct Funct 2024; 229:1365-1395. [PMID: 38713249 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-024-02805-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Enkephalins are endogenous opioid pentapeptides that play a role in neurotransmission and pain modulation in vertebrates. However, the distribution pattern of enkephalinergic neurons in the brains of reptiles has been understudied. This study reports the organization of the methionine-enkephalin (M-ENK) and leucine-enkephalin (L-ENK) neuronal systems in the central nervous system of the gecko Hemidactylus frenatus using an immunofluorescence labeling method. Although M-ENK and L-ENK-immunoreactive (ir) fibers extended throughout the pallial and subpallial subdivisions, including the olfactory bulbs, M-ENK and L-ENK-ir cells were found only in the dorsal septal nucleus. Enkephalinergic perikarya and fibers were highly concentrated in the periventricular and lateral preoptic areas, as well as in the anterior and lateral subdivisions of the hypothalamus, while enkephalinergic innervation was observed in the hypothalamic periventricular nucleus, infundibular recess nucleus and median eminence. The dense accumulation of enkephalinergic content was noticed in the pars distalis of the hypophysis. In the thalamus, the nucleus rotundus and the dorsolateral, medial, and medial posterior thalamic nuclei contained M-ENK and L-ENK-ir fibers, whereas clusters of M-ENK and L-ENK-ir neurons were observed in the pretectum, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon. The enkephalinergic fibers were also seen in the area X around the central canal, as well as the dorsal and ventral horns. The widespread distribution of enkephalin-containing neurons within the central nervous system implies that enkephalins regulate a variety of functions in the gecko, including sensory, behavioral, hypophysiotropic, and neuroendocrine functions.
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- Ananya Ganeyan
- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India.
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Reiner A, Medina L, Abellan A, Deng Y, Toledo CA, Luksch H, Vega-Zuniga T, Riley NB, Hodos W, Karten HJ. Neurochemistry and circuit organization of the lateral spiriform nucleus of birds: A uniquely nonmammalian direct pathway component of the basal ganglia. J Comp Neurol 2024; 532:e25620. [PMID: 38733146 PMCID: PMC11090467 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 03/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024]
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We used diverse methods to characterize the role of avian lateral spiriform nucleus (SpL) in basal ganglia motor function. Connectivity analysis showed that SpL receives input from globus pallidus (GP), and the intrapeduncular nucleus (INP) located ventromedial to GP, whose neurons express numerous striatal markers. SpL-projecting GP neurons were large and aspiny, while SpL-projecting INP neurons were medium sized and spiny. Connectivity analysis further showed that SpL receives inputs from subthalamic nucleus (STN) and substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), and that the SNr also receives inputs from GP, INP, and STN. Neurochemical analysis showed that SpL neurons express ENK, GAD, and a variety of pallidal neuron markers, and receive GABAergic terminals, some of which also contain DARPP32, consistent with GP pallidal and INP striatal inputs. Connectivity and neurochemical analysis showed that the SpL input to tectum prominently ends on GABAA receptor-enriched tectobulbar neurons. Behavioral studies showed that lesions of SpL impair visuomotor behaviors involving tracking and pecking moving targets. Our results suggest that SpL modulates brainstem-projecting tectobulbar neurons in a manner comparable to the demonstrated influence of GP internus on motor thalamus and of SNr on tectobulbar neurons in mammals. Given published data in amphibians and reptiles, it seems likely the SpL circuit represents a major direct pathway-type circuit by which the basal ganglia exerts its motor influence in nonmammalian tetrapods. The present studies also show that avian striatum is divided into three spatially segregated territories with differing connectivity, a medial striato-nigral territory, a dorsolateral striato-GP territory, and the ventrolateral INP motor territory.
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- Anton Reiner
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
- Laboratory of Evolutionary and Developmental Neurobiology, Lleida’s Institute for Biomedical Research-Dr. Pifarré Foundation (IRBLleida), Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
- Laboratory of Evolutionary and Developmental Neurobiology, Lleida’s Institute for Biomedical Research-Dr. Pifarré Foundation (IRBLleida), Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163
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- Neuroscience Research Nucleus, Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo 65057-420, Brazil
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- School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland College Park 20742-4411
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- Department of Psychology, University of Maryland College Park 20742-4411
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0608
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Shinde D, Bhat SK, Ganesh CB. The opioid peptide leucine enkephalin modulates hypothalamic-hypophysial axis in the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Anim Reprod Sci 2024; 263:107451. [PMID: 38490066 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2024.107451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024]
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In vertebrates, opioid peptides are thought to be involved in the regulation of reproduction; however, the significance of enkephalins in testicular function remains unclear. We examined the influence of δ-opioid receptor agonist leucine enkephalin (L-ENK) on the hypophysial-testicular axis of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Treatment with a low dose of L-ENK (60 µg) caused a significant increase in the numbers of primary and secondary spermatocytes and early and late spermatids, concomitant with intense immunolabelling of testicular androgen receptors, but did not significantly alter serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) levels compared to those of controls. Nevertheless, treatment with a high dose of L-ENK (200 µg) caused a significant reduction in the numbers of secondary spermatocytes as well as late spermatids associated with marginal immunolabelling of androgen receptors and significantly lower concentrations of serum 11-KT and LH compared to controls. In addition, the serum cortisol level was not affected in low-dose L-ENK-treated fish, but its level was significantly increased in the high-dose L-ENK-treated group. Together, these findings indicate that a low dose of L-ENK stimulates the germ cells at the meiosis stage and promotes further stages of spermatogenesis, whereas a high concentration of L-ENK inhibits spermatogenesis at the advanced stages. This effect appears to be mediated through the suppression of testicular steroidogenesis and the reduction of LH release in the pituitary gland of tilapia. The findings also suggest that elevated L-ENK levels in teleosts may exert their inhibitory influence on the hypophysial-testicular axis via glucocorticoids.
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- Deepak Shinde
- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India.
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Ganesh CB, Vijayalaxmi. Neuroanatomical organization of methionine-enkephalinergic system in the brain of the Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus. J Chem Neuroanat 2021; 115:101963. [PMID: 33957231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2021.101963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Enkephalins are a class of opioid peptides implicated in several physiological and neuroendocrine responses in vertebrates. In this study, using immunocytochemical or immunofluorescence technique, we examined the neuroanatomical distribution of methionine enkephalin (M-ENK) immunoreactivity in the central nervous system (CNS) of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. In the telencephalon, no M-ENK-like-immunoreactive (M-ENK-L-ir) perikarya, but sparsely distributed fibres were detected in the glomerular layer and the granule cell layer of the olfactory bulb. Although intensely labeled M-ENK-L-ir cells and fibres were found in the pallium, no M-ENK immunoreactivity was observed in the subpallium. The preoptic area showed a few M-ENK-L-ir somata and dense innervations of fibres. In the hypothalamic area, M-ENK-L-ir cells and fibres were located in magnocellular and parvocellular subdivisions of the nucleus preopticus, and medial and lateral subdivisions of the nucleus lateralis tuberis. Surrounding the recessus lateralis of the third ventricle, several intensely stained and packed M-ENK-L-ir cells and fibres were seen in dorsal, lateral and ventral subdivisions of the nucleus recessus lateralis. In the diencephalon, M-ENK immunoreactivity was restricted to the habenula, the thalamus, the pretectal area and the nucleus posterior tuberis. Dense aggregations of M-ENK-L-ir fibres were seen in the mesencephalic subdivisions, the optic tectum and the torus semicircularis, whereas a few fusiform M-ENK-L-ir cells and fibres were scattered in the midbrain tegmentum. In the rhombencephalon, different populations of ovoid or spindle shaped M-ENK-L-ir cells were observed in the secondary gustatory nucleus, the sensory trigeminal nerve nucleus, the nucleus reticularis medialis and the vagal motor nucleus, whereas bands of fibres were seen in the rostral spinal cord. Collectively, the widespread distribution of M-ENK immunoreactivity in the CNS suggests a role for this opioid peptide in regulation of neuroendocrine control of reproduction and modulation of sensorimotor functions in fish.
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- C B Ganesh
- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India.
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 580 003, India
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Sakharkar AJ, Ganesh CB. Leucine-enkephalin-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Neuropeptides 2020; 81:101999. [PMID: 31843219 DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2019.101999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Enkephalins are the pentapeptides involved in pain relief and neuroendocrine responses with high affinity for delta opioid receptors in vertebrates. In the present investigation, we studied the distribution of leucine-enkephalin-immunoreactive (L-ENK-ir) neurons in the brain of the cichlid fish Oreochromis mossambicus. Application of the antisera against L-ENK revealed the presence of numerous L-ENK-ir perikarya and fibres in subdivisions of the dorsal and the ventral telencephalon, the medial olfactory tract and the nucleus entopeduncularis, whereas intensely labelled L-ENK-ir fibres were noticed in the olfactory bulb. Furthermore, the presence of L-ENK-ir cells and dense accumulations of fibres in the preoptic area and its subdivisions, the nucleus preopticus pars magnocellularis and the nucleus preopticus pars parvocellularis suggested a role for this peptide in regulation of reproduction. While intensely labelled cells and fibres were found in the nucleus lateralis tuberis pars lateralis as well as the nucleus lateralis tuberis pars medialis, some L-ENK-ir fibres were seen at the hypothalamo-hypophyseal tract indicating the possible hypophysiotrophic role for this peptide. Numerous L-ENK-ir cells and dense network of fibres were observed in the subdivisions of the nucleus recess lateralis and the pretectal area, whereas intensely labelled thick network of L-ENK- fibres were found in the ventromedial thalamic nucleus, the sub-layers of the optic tectum and the rostral spinal cord. The widespread distribution of L-ENK-immunoreactivity in the olfactory bulb, the telencephalon, the diencephalon and the mesencephalon regions of the brain as well as the spinal cord suggests the possible involvement of this peptide in the regulation of diverse functions such as neuroendocrine, antinociceptive, visual and olfactory responses in O. mossambicus.
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- Amul J Sakharkar
- Department of Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune 411007, India
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- Neuroendocrinology Research Laboratory, Department of Studies in Zoology, Karnatak University, Dharwad 580 003, India.
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The Conservative Evolution of the Vertebrate Basal Ganglia. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-802206-1.00004-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Vicario A, Abellán A, Medina L. Embryonic Origin of the Islet1 and Pax6 Neurons of the Chicken Central Extended Amygdala Using Cell Migration Assays and Relation to Different Neuropeptide-Containing Cells. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2015; 85:139-69. [DOI: 10.1159/000381004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In a recent study, we tentatively identified different subdivisions of the central extended amygdala (EAce) in chicken based on the expression of region-specific transcription factors (including Pax6 and Islet1) and several phenotypic markers during embryonic development. Such a proposal was partially based on the suggestion that, similarly to the subdivisions of the EAce of mammals, the Pax6 and Islet1 neurons of the comparable chicken subdivisions derive from the dorsal (Std) or ventral striatal embryonic domains (Stv), respectively. To investigate whether this is true, in the present study, we carried out cell migration assays from chicken Std or Stv combined with immunofluorescence for Pax6 or Islet1. Our results showed that the cells of the proposed chicken EAce truly originate in either Std (expressing Pax6) or Stv (expressing Islet1). This includes lateral subdivisions previously compared to the intercalated amygdalar cells and the central amygdala of mammals, also rich in Std-derived Pax6 cells and/or Stv-derived Islet1 cells. In the medial region of the chicken EAce, the dorsal part of the lateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTL) contains numerous cells expressing Nkx2.1 (mostly derived from the pallidal domain), but our migration assays showed that it also contains neuron subpopulations from the Stv (expressing Islet1) and Std (expressing Pax6), resembling the mouse BSTL. These findings, together with those previously published in different species of mammals, birds and reptiles, support the homology of the chicken EAce to that of other vertebrates, and reinforce the existence of several cell subcorridors inside the EAce. In addition, together with previously published data on neuropeptidergic cells, these results led us to propose the existence of at least seventeen neuron subtypes in the EAce in rodents and/or some birds (chicken and pigeon). The functional significance and the evolutionary origin of each subtype needs to be analyzed separately, and such studies are mandatory in order to understand the multifaceted modulation by the EAce of fear responses, ingestion, motivation and pain in different vertebrates.
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Medina L, Abellán A, Vicario A, Desfilis E. Evolutionary and developmental contributions for understanding the organization of the basal ganglia. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2014; 83:112-25. [PMID: 24776992 DOI: 10.1159/000357832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Herein we take advantage of the evolutionary developmental biology approach in order to improve our understanding of both the functional organization and the evolution of the basal ganglia, with a particular focus on the globus pallidus. Therefore, we review data on the expression of developmental regulatory genes (that play key roles in patterning, regional specification and/or morphogenesis), gene function and fate mapping available in different vertebrate species, which are useful to (a) understand the embryonic origin and basic features of each neuron subtype of the basal ganglia (including neurotransmitter/neuropeptide expression and connectivity patterns); (b) identify the same (homologous) subpopulations in different species and the degree of variation or conservation throughout phylogeny, and (c) identify possible mechanisms that may explain the evolution of the basal ganglia. These data show that the globus pallidus of rodents contains two major subpopulations of GABAergic projection neurons: (1) neurons containing parvalbumin and neurotensin-related hexapetide (LANT6), with descending projections to the subthalamus and substantia nigra, which originate from progenitors expressing Nkx2.1, primarily located in the pallidal embryonic domain (medial ganglionic eminence), and (2) neurons containing preproenkephalin (and possibly calbindin), with ascending projections to the striatum, which appear to originate from progenitors expressing Islet1 in the striatal embryonic domain (lateral ganglionic eminence). Based on data on Nkx2.1, Islet1, LANT6 and proenkephalin, it appears that both cell types are also present in the globus pallidus/dorsal pallidum of chicken, frog and lungfish. In chicken, the globus pallidus also contains neurons expressing substance P (SP), perhaps originating in the striatal embryonic domain. In ray-finned and cartilaginous fishes, the pallidum contains at least the Nkx2.1 lineage cell population (likely representing the neurons containing LANT6). Based on the presence of neurons containing enkephalin or SP, it is possible that the pallidum of these animals also includes the Islet1 lineage cell subpopulation, and both neuron subtypes were likely present in the pallidum of the first jawed vertebrates. In contrast, lampreys (jawless fishes) appear to lack the pallidal embryonic domain and the Nkx2.1 lineage cell population that mainly characterize the pallidum in jawed vertebrates. In the absence of data in other jawless fishes, the ancestral condition in vertebrates remains to be elucidated. Perhaps, a major event in telencephalic evolution was the novel expression of Nkx2.1 in the subpallium, which has been related to Hedgehog expression and changes in the regulatory region of Nkx2.1.
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- Loreta Medina
- Laboratory of Brain Development and Evolution, Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lleida, Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida (IRBLleida), Lleida, Spain
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Moreno N, Morona R, López JM, Domínguez L, Joven A, Bandín S, González A. Characterization of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in the forebrain of anuran amphibians. J Comp Neurol 2012; 520:330-63. [PMID: 21674496 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Major common features have been reported for the organization of the basal telencephalon in amniotes, and most characteristics were thought to be acquired in the transition from anamniotes to amniotes. However, gene expression, neurochemical, and hodological data obtained for the basal ganglia and septal and amygdaloid complexes in amphibians (anamniotic tetrapods) have strengthened the idea of a conserved organization in tetrapods. A poorly characterized region in the forebrain of amniotes has been the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST), but numerous recent investigations have characterized it as a member of the extended amygdala. Our study analyzes the main features of the BST in anuran amphibians to establish putative homologies with amniotes. Gene expression patterns during development identified the anuran BST as a subpallial, nonstriatal territory. The BST shows Nkx2.1 and Lhx7 expression and contains an Islet1-positive cell subpopulation derived from the lateral ganglionic eminence. Immunohistochemistry for diverse peptides and neurotransmitters revealed that the distinct chemoarchitecture of the BST is strongly conserved among tetrapods. In vitro tracing techniques with dextran amines revealed important connections between the BST and the central and medial amygdala, septal territories, medial pallium, preoptic area, lateral hypothalamus, thalamus, and prethalamus. The BST receives dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area and is connected with the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus and the rostral raphe in the brainstem. All these data suggest that the anuran BST shares many features with its counterpart in amniotes and belongs to a basal continuum, likely controlling similar reflexes, reponses, and behaviors in tetrapods.
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- Nerea Moreno
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University Complutense of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
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O'Connell LA, Hofmann HA. The vertebrate mesolimbic reward system and social behavior network: a comparative synthesis. J Comp Neurol 2012; 519:3599-639. [PMID: 21800319 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 683] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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All animals evaluate the salience of external stimuli and integrate them with internal physiological information into adaptive behavior. Natural and sexual selection impinge on these processes, yet our understanding of behavioral decision-making mechanisms and their evolution is still very limited. Insights from mammals indicate that two neural circuits are of crucial importance in this context: the social behavior network and the mesolimbic reward system. Here we review evidence from neurochemical, tract-tracing, developmental, and functional lesion/stimulation studies that delineates homology relationships for most of the nodes of these two circuits across the five major vertebrate lineages: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and teleost fish. We provide for the first time a comprehensive comparative analysis of the two neural circuits and conclude that they were already present in early vertebrates. We also propose that these circuits form a larger social decision-making (SDM) network that regulates adaptive behavior. Our synthesis thus provides an important foundation for understanding the evolution of the neural mechanisms underlying reward processing and behavioral regulation.
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- Lauren A O'Connell
- Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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Rodríguez Díaz MA, Candal E, Santos-Durán GN, Adrio F, Rodríguez-Moldes I. Comparative analysis of Met-enkephalin, galanin and GABA immunoreactivity in the developing trout preoptic-hypophyseal system. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2011; 173:148-58. [PMID: 21641907 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We studied the organization of Met-enkephalin-containing cells and fibers in the developing preoptic-hypophyseal system of the brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) by immunohistochemistry and determined the relationship of these cells and fibers to the galaninergic and GABAergic systems. Met-enkephalin immunoreactivity was observed in cells in the preoptic area, the hypothalamus and the pituitary of late larvae. In the hypophysis, a few Met-enkephalin-containing cells were present in all divisions of the adenohypophysis, and some immunoreactive fibers were present in the interdigitations of the neural lobe with the proximal pars distalis. Concurrently, GABAergic fibers innervated the anterior and posterior neural lobe. Galanin cells coexisted with Met-enkephalin cells in neuronal groups of the preoptic-hypophyseal system. Galaninergic and GABAergic fibers innervated the preoptic and hypothalamic areas, but GABAergic fibers containing galanin were not observed. These results indicate that Met-enkephalin, galanin and GABA may modulate neuroendocrine activities in the preoptic area, hypothalamus and pituitary during the transition from larval to juvenile period. To better know how the development of the trout preoptic-hypophyseal system takes place, we studied the patterns of cell proliferation and expression of Pax6, a conserved transcription factor involved in the hypophysis development. Pax6 expressing cells and proliferating cells were present in the Rathke's pouch, the hypothalamus and the hypophysis of early larvae. In late larvae, Pax6 expression was no longer observed in these areas, and the density of proliferating cells largely decreased throughout development, although they remained in the hypophysis of late larvae and juveniles, suggesting that Pax6 might play an important role in the early regionalization of the pituitary in the trout.
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- M A Rodríguez Díaz
- Department of Cell Biology and Ecology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Reiner A. The Conservative Evolution of the Vertebrate Basal Ganglia. HANDBOOK OF BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374767-9.00002-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zeng S, Li J, Zhang X, Zuo M. Distinction of neurochemistry between the cores and their shells of auditory nuclei in tetrapod species. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2007; 70:1-20. [PMID: 17389792 DOI: 10.1159/000101066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Accepted: 11/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The distribution of Met-enkephalin (ENK), substance P (SP) and serotonin (5-HT) differs between the core and shell regions of the mesencephalic and diencephalic auditory nuclei of the turtle [Belekhova et al., 2002]. These neurochemical distinctions are also found in other tetrapods (mammals, birds and amphibians). The distribution of ENK, SP and 5-HT was examined in the core and shell regions of both mesencephalic and diencephalic auditory nuclei, and in the telencephalic auditory areas of Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata) and mice (Mus musculus), as well as in corresponding auditory areas in toads (Bufo bufo). ENK, SP and 5-HT immunoreactive fibers and perikarya were largely absent from the core regions of both mesencephalic and diencephalic auditory nuclei, in comparison with the shell regions of mice and Bengalese finches. In the toad, however, this pattern was observed in the mesencephalic auditory nucleus, but not in the diencephalic auditory areas. ENK and SP immunoreactive perikarya were detected in the telencephalic auditory area of mice, whereas no ENK, SP or 5-HT immunolabeling was observed in the telencephalic auditory area (Field L) of Bengalese finches. These findings are discussed in terms of the evolution of the core-and-shell organization of auditory nuclei of tetrapods.
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- ShaoJu Zeng
- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Piñuela C, Northcutt RG. Immunohistochemical Organization of the Forebrain in the White Sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2007; 69:229-53. [PMID: 17299256 DOI: 10.1159/000099612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The distribution of substance P (SP), leucine-enkephalin (LENK), serotonin (5HT), dopamine (DA), and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) was examined in the forebrain of the white sturgeon in order to evaluate several anatomical hypotheses based on cytoarchitectonics, and to gain a better understanding of the evolution of the forebrain in ray-finned fishes. The subpallium of the telencephalon has the highest concentration of the neuropeptides SP and LENK, allowing the pallial-subpallial border to be easily distinguished. The distribution of dopamine is similar to that of serotonin in the subpallium, fibers positive for these transmitters are particularly dense in the dorsal and ventral divisions of the subpallium. In addition, a small population of DA- and 5HT-positive cell bodies--which appear to be unique to sturgeons--was identified at the level of the anterior commissure. The internal granular layer of the olfactory bulbs had large numbers of TH-positive cell bodies and fibers, as did the rostral subpallium. The occurrence of cell bodies positive for LENK in the dorsal nucleus of the rostral subpallium supports the hypothesis that this nucleus is homologous to the striatum in other vertebrates. This is further reinforced by the apparent origin of an ascending dopaminergic pathway from cells in the posterior tubercle that are likely homologous to the ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra in land vertebrates. Finally, the differential distribution of SP and TH in the pallium supports the hypothesis that the pallium, or area dorsalis, can be divided medially into a rostral division (Dm), a caudal division (Dp) that is the main pallial target of secondary olfactory projections, and a narrow lateral division (Dd+Dl) immediately adjacent to the attachment of the tela choroidea along the entire rostrocaudal length of the telencephalic hemisphere.
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- Carmen Piñuela
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cadiz, Cadiz, Spain
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Ewert JP, Schwippert WW. Modulation of visual perception and action by forebrain structures and their interactions in amphibians. EXS 2006; 98:99-136. [PMID: 17019885 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7643-7772-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jiörg-Peter Ewert
- Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Kassel, 34132 Kassel, Germany.
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López JM, Moreno N, Morona R, Muñoz M, González A. Spatiotemporal sequence of appearance of NPFF-immunoreactive structures in the developing central nervous system of Xenopus laevis. Peptides 2006; 27:1036-53. [PMID: 16504341 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2005] [Accepted: 07/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Neuropeptide FF-like immunoreactive (NPFFir) cells and fibers were analyzed through development of Xenopus laevis. The first NPFFir cells appeared in the embryonic hypothalamus, which projected to the intermediate lobe of the hypophysis, the brainstem and spinal cord. Slightly later, scattered NPFFir cells were present in the olfactory bulbs and ventral telencephalon. In the caudal medulla, NPFFir cells were observed in the nucleus of the solitary tract only at embryonic and early larval stages. Abundant NPFFir cells and fibers were demonstrated in the spinal cord. The sequence of appearance observed in Xenopus shares many developmental features with mammals although notable differences were observed in the telencephalon and hypothalamus. In general, NPFF immunoreactivity developed earlier in amphibians than in mammals.
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- Jesús M López
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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López JM, Moreno N, Morona R, González A. Distribution of Neuropeptide FF-Like Immunoreactivity in the Brain of Dermophis mexicanus (Amphibia; Gymnophiona): Comparison with FMRFamide Immunoreactivity. BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION 2006; 67:150-64. [PMID: 16415570 DOI: 10.1159/000090979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Accepted: 09/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Neuropeptide FF (NPFF) is an FMRFamide-related peptide widely distributed in the mammalian brain. NPFF immunohistochemistry labeled cell bodies in a few locations and dense fiber networks throughout the brain. Recently, the distribution of NPFF immunoreactive (NPFF-ir) cells and fibers in the brain of anuran and urodele amphibians was studied and, as in mammals, significant species differences were noted. To further assess general and derived features of the NPFF-containing neuron system in amphibians, we have investigated the distribution of NPFF-ir cell bodies and fibers in the brain of the gymnophionan Dermophis mexicanus by means of an antiserum against bovine NPFF. This distribution was compared to that of FMRFamide immunoreactivity. Major traits shared with anurans and urodeles were the abundant fiber labeling in the ventral telencephalon, hypothalamus, isthmus, ventrolateral medulla and dorsal spinal cord. In addition, in the three amphibian orders the majority of the NPFF-ir cells were located in the preoptic-hypothalamic region. However, distinct particular features were present in the gymnophionan such as the lack of NPFF-ir cells in the telencephalon, brainstem and spinal cord and the absence of NPFF-ir fibers in the hypophysis and the olfactory bulbs. This pattern was distinct from that observed for FMRFamide distribution. Striking differences were noted in the pallium, caudal hypothalamus and midbrain tegmentum where FMRFamide-containing cells were localized. The present results in Dermophis support the idea that data from gymnophionans must be included when stating the amphibian condition of a given system because important variations are obvious when gymnophionans are compared with anurans and urodeles.
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- Jesús M López
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Moreno N, González A. The common organization of the amygdaloid complex in tetrapods: new concepts based on developmental, hodological and neurochemical data in anuran amphibians. Prog Neurobiol 2006; 78:61-90. [PMID: 16457938 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2005.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 12/19/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Research over the last few years has demonstrated that the amygdaloid complex in amniotes shares basic developmental, hodological and neurochemical features. Furthermore, homolog territories of all main amygdaloid subdivisions have been recognized among amniotes, primarily highlighted by the common expression patterns for numerous developmental genes. With the achievement of new technical approaches, the study of the precise neuroanatomy of the telencephalon of the anuran amphibians has been possible, revealing that most of the structures present in amniotes are recognizable in these anamniotes. Thus, recent investigations have yielded enough results to support the notion that the organization of the anuran amygdaloid complex includes subdivisions with origin in ventral pallial and subpallial territories, a strong relationship with the vomeronasal and olfactory systems, abundant intra-amygdaloid connections, a main output center involved in the autonomic system, profuse amygdaloid fiber systems, and distinct chemoarchitecture. When all these new data about the development, connectivity and neurochemistry of the amygdaloid complex in anurans are taken into account, it becomes patent that a basic organization pattern is shared by both amniotic and anamniotic tetrapods.
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- Nerea Moreno
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Endepols H, Mühlenbrock-Lenter S, Roth G, Walkowiak W. The septal complex of the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis: Chemoarchitecture. J Chem Neuroanat 2006; 31:59-76. [PMID: 16229986 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2005] [Revised: 07/15/2005] [Accepted: 09/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In order to investigate whether chemoarchitecture would support the subdivision of the anuran septum based on cytoarchitectonic and hodological studies, we performed enzyme-histochemical detection of NADPH-diaphorase and immunohistological demonstration of choline-acetyl transferase (ChAT), aspartate, calretinin, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), 5-hydroxy-tryptamine, tyrosine hydroxylase, neuropeptide Y (NPY), somatostatin, Leu- and Leu + Met-enkephalin, and substance P in the fire-bellied toad Bombina orientalis. Labeling of cell bodies matched well the previously defined subnuclei: The dorsolateral septal nucleus contains enkephalin-immunoreactive (-ir) and weakly stained GABA-ir neurons; calretinin-ir and weakly labeled GABA-ir neurons are found in the ventrolateral septal nucleus. The medial septal nucleus is characterized by the presence of numerous ChAT-ir and some tyrosine hydroxylase-ir neurons, while the dorsal septal nucleus is outlined by its NPY-ir neurons. Many ChAT-ir and some aspartate-ir and somatostatin-ir neurons are found in the diagonal band of Broca, and the central septal nucleus contains some GABA-ir and ChAT-ir neurons. In contrast, labeled fibers form a pattern which does not match the boundaries of septal subnuclei. Comparing the anuran septal complex with that of other vertebrates reveals that the complexity of the lateral septum has increased during the evolution from anamniote to amniote vertebrates. In spite of this fact, many similarities in chemoarchitecture between anurans and other vertebrates are evident. Some basal septal functions such as involvement in learning and memory formation or inhibition of sexual behavior appear to have persisted during vertebrate evolution.
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- Heike Endepols
- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Weyertal 119, 50923 Köln, Germany.
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Sun Z, Wang HB, Laverghetta A, Yamamoto K, Reiner A. The distribution and cellular localization of glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (GAD65) mRNA in the forebrain and midbrain of domestic chick. J Chem Neuroanat 2005; 29:265-81. [PMID: 15927788 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2005.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Revised: 02/16/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The distribution and cellular localization of GAD65 mRNA in the forebrain and midbrain of domestic chick were examined by in situ hybridization histochemistry with (35)[S]-UTP labeled cRNA probes, using film and emulsion autoradiography. Film autoradiograms showed intense GAD65 labeling in many structures of the basal telencephalon, such as the medial and lateral striatum, the septum, the olfactory tubercle, the lateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and the intrapeduncular nucleus, while the pallial telencephalon showed only a low level of labeling. Emulsion-coated sections revealed that GAD65 mRNA-containing neurons were at least six times more abundant in striatum than pallium, with only a uniformly scattered subpopulation labeled in pallium, and that the vast majority of the large scattered projection neurons of globus pallidus were heavily labeled for GAD65. Prominent labeling was also evident in the nucleus taeniae and subpallial amygdala, but not in the arcopallium in film autoradiograms. Within the diencephalon, the hypothalamus was more GAD65-rich than the thalamus. Additional subtelencephalic cell groups showing prominent labeling included the thalamic reticular nucleus and ventral lateral geniculate nucleus of the diencephalon, the nucleus pretectalis, subpretectalis and spiriformis lateralis of the pretectum, and the magnocellular isthmic nucleus of the optic lobe. Tectal layers 9-10 were also rich in GAD65. These results further clarify GABAergic circuits of the avian forebrain and midbrain, and show them to closely resemble those in mammals.
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- Z Sun
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, 38163, USA
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Goodson JL, Evans AK, Lindberg L. Chemoarchitectonic subdivisions of the songbird septum and a comparative overview of septum chemical anatomy in jawed vertebrates. J Comp Neurol 2004; 473:293-314. [PMID: 15116393 PMCID: PMC2576523 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Available data demonstrate that the avian septal region shares a number of social behavior functions and neurochemical features in common with mammals. However, the structural and functional subdivisions of the avian septum remain largely unexplored. In order to delineate chemoarchitectural zones of the avian septum, we prepared a large dataset of double-, triple-, and quadruple-labeled material in a variety of songbird species (finches and waxbills of the family Estrildidae and a limited number of emberizid sparrows) using antibodies against 10 neuropeptides and enzymes. Ten septal zones were identified that were placed into lateral, medial, caudocentral, and septohippocampal divisions, with the lateral and medial divisions each containing multiple zones. The distributions of numerous immunoreactive substances in the lateral septum closely match those of mammals (i.e., distributions of met-enkephalin, vasotocin, galanin, calcitonin gene-related peptide, tyrosine hydroxylase, vasoactive intestinal polypeptide, substance P, corticotropin-releasing factor, and neuropeptide Y), enabling detailed comparisons with numerous chemoarchitectonic zones of the mammalian lateral septum. Our septohippocampal and caudocentral divisions are topographically comparable to the mammalian septohippocampal and septofimbrial nuclei, respectively, although additional data will be required to establish homology. The present data also demonstrate the presence of a medial septal nucleus that is histochemically comparable to the medial septum of mammals. The avian medial septum is clearly defined by peptidergic markers and choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity. These findings should provide a useful framework for functional and comparative studies, as they suggest that many features of the septum are highly conserved across vertebrate taxa.
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- James L Goodson
- Psychology Department, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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Zeng S, Zhang X, Peng W, Zuo M. Immunohistochemistry and neural connectivity of the Ov shell in the songbird and their evolutionary implications. J Comp Neurol 2004; 470:192-209. [PMID: 14750161 DOI: 10.1002/cne.11042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The neuropeptide immunohistochemistry and neural connectivity of areas surrounding the thalamic auditory nucleus (the nucleus ovoidalis [Ov]), as well as the areas to which it is connected, were investigated in a songbird, the Bengalese finch. The results showed that met-enkephalin was present in the Ov shell and most of the areas connected to it, but not in the Ov core. Anterograde and retrograde tracing studies showed that the Ov shell was more widely connected than the Ov core. The Ov shell was mainly connected to: 1). areas flanking the primary telencephalic auditory field (i.e., fields L2b, L1, and L3) and areas surrounding the robust nucleus of the archistriatum (RA); 2). several hypothalamic areas such as the nucleus ventromedialis hypothalami (VMN) and the nucleus anterior medialis hypothalami (AM). Some of these areas connected to the Ov shell are thought to be involved in auditory mediated neurosecretory activities. These results, which are similar to those reported previously in non-songbirds, suggest that the Ov shell and other surrounding areas of auditory and song-control nuclei are conserved in birds. These findings are discussed in terms of the evolution of the core-and-surround organization of auditory and song-control nuclei.
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- Shaoju Zeng
- College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, China
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Moreno N, González A. Hodological characterization of the medial amygdala in anuran amphibians. J Comp Neurol 2003; 466:389-408. [PMID: 14556296 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Early studies in anuran amphibians defined the amygdala as a single unit that only later could be subdivided into medial and lateral parts with the achievement of sensitive immunohistochemical and tracing techniques. However, the terminology used was often misleading when comparing with "homologous" amygdaloid nuclei in amniotes. Recently, the basal telencephalon of anurans has been demonstrated to be more complex than previously thought, and distinct amygdaloid nuclei were proposed on the basis of immunohistochemistry. Moreover, developmental data are increasing that support this notion. In the present study, we analyzed the patterns of afferent and efferent connections of the medial amygdala (MeA; formerly amygdala pars lateralis), considered as the main target of the vomeronasal information from the accessory olfactory bulb, as in other vertebrates. By means of axonal transport of dextran amines, the afferent and efferent connections of the MeA were traced in Rana perezi and Xenopus laevis under in vivo and in vitro conditions. Largely similar results were found in both species. The results showed abundant intratelencephalic and extratelencephalic connections that were readily comparable to those of other tetrapods. Most of these connections were reciprocal and, in particular, the strong relation of the MeA with the hypothalamus, via the stria terminalis, was demonstrated. Immunohistochemical techniques showed staining patterns that revealed abundant peptidergic afferents to the MeA, as well as minor inputs containing other neurotransmitters such as catecholamines. Double-labeling experiments demonstrated that the peptidergic fibers that reach the MeA originate in the ventral hypothalamus, whereas the catecholaminergic innervation of the MeA arises in the caudal extent of the posterior tubercle. Taken together, the results about connectivity in our study support the comparison of the MeA in anurans with its counterparts (and similarly named) amygdaloid nuclei in amniotes. Most of the hodological features of the medial amygdala seem to be shared by those tetrapods with well-developed vomeronasal systems.
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- Nerea Moreno
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Pattee P, Ilie AE, Benyhe S, Toth G, Borsodi A, Nagalla SR. Cloning and characterization of Xen-dorphin prohormone from Xenopus laevis: a new opioid-like prohormone distinct from proenkephalin and prodynorphin. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:53098-104. [PMID: 14525992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306724200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Opioid-like peptides mediate analgesia and induce behavioral effects such as tolerance and dependence by ligand-receptor-mediated mechanisms. The classical opioid prohormones can generate several bioactive peptides, and these divergent families of prohormones share a common well conserved ancestral opioid motif (Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe). Evidence from pharmacological and molecular cloning studies indicates the presence of multiple isoforms of opioid ligands and receptors that are as yet uncharacterized. To identify potential new members we used the opioid motif as an anchor sequence and isolated two distinct isoforms (Xen-dorphins A and B) of an opioid prohormone from Xenopus laevis brain cDNA library. Xen-dorphin prohormones can generate multiple novel opioid ligands distinct from the known members of this family. Both isoforms are present in a wide variety of tissues including the brain. Two potential bioactive peptides, Xen-dorphin-1A and -1B, that were chemically synthesized showed opioid agonist activity in frog and rat brain membranes using a [35S]GTPgammaS assay. Initial radioligand binding experiments demonstrated that Xen-dorphin-1B binds with high affinity to opioid receptor(s) and with potential preference to the kappa-opioid receptor subtype. Cloning of the Xen-dorphin prohormone provides new evidence for the potential presence of other members in the opioid peptide superfamily.
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- Patrick Pattee
- Center for Biomarker Discovery, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Brox A, Puelles L, Ferreiro B, Medina L. Expression of the genes GAD67 and Distal-less-4 in the forebrain of Xenopus laevis confirms a common pattern in tetrapods. J Comp Neurol 2003; 461:370-93. [PMID: 12746875 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We investigated whether gamma-amino butyric acidergic (GABAergic) cell populations correlate positionally with specific Dlx-expressing histogenetic territories in an anamniote tetrapod, the frog Xenopus laevis. To that end, we cloned a fragment of Xenopus GAD67 gene (xGAD67, expressed in GABAergic neurons) and compared its expression with that of Distal-less-4 gene (xDll-4, ortholog of mouse Dlx2) in the forebrain at late larval and adult stages. In Xenopus, GABAergic neurons were densely concentrated in xDll-4-positive territories, such as the telencephalic subpallium, part of the hypothalamus, and ventral thalamus, where nearly all neurons expressed both genes. In contrast, the pallium of Xenopus generally contained dispersed neurons expressing xGAD67 or xDll-4, which may represent local circuit neurons. As in amniotes, these pallial interneurons may have been produced in the subpallium and migrated tangentially into the pallium during development. In Xenopus, the ventral division of the classic lateral pallium contained extremely few GABAergic cells and showed only low signal of the pallial gene Emx1, suggesting that it may represent the amphibian ventral pallium, homologous to that of amniotes. At caudal forebrain levels, a number of GABAergic neurons was observed in several areas (dorsal thalamus, pretectum), but no correlation to xDll-4 was observed there. The location of GABAergic neurons in the forebrain and their relation to the developmental regulatory genes Dll and Dlx were very similar in Xenopus and in amniotes. The close correlation in the expression of both genes in rostral forebrain regions supported the notion that Dll/Dlx are among the genes involved in the acquisition of the GABAergic phenotype.
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- Aurora Brox
- Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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González A, Moreno N, Morona R, López JM. Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl. Colocalization with catecholamines and nitric oxide. Brain Res 2003; 965:246-58. [PMID: 12591143 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04210-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The neuronal structures with somatostatin-like immunoreactivity have been studied in the brain of the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl. Intense immunoreactivity was observed in neurons and fibers distributed throughout the brain. Within the telencephalon, the subpallial regions were densely labeled containing both cells and fibers, primarily in the striatum and amygdala. The majority of the somatostatin immunoreactive neurons were located in the preoptic area and hypothalamus, although less numerous cells were also found in the thalamus. A conspicuous innervation of the median eminence was revealed, which arises from the hypothalamic cell populations. In the brainstem, intense fiber labeling was present in the tectum and tegmentum, whereas cell bodies were located only in the tegmentum of the mesencephalon and in the interpeduncular, raphe and reticular nuclei of the rhombencephalon. Longitudinal fiber tracts throughout the brainstem were observed and they continued into the spinal cord in the laterodorsal funiculus. The localization of somatostatin in catecholaminergic and nitrergic neurons was studied by double labeling techniques with antisera against tyrosine hydroxylase and nitric oxide synthase. Catecholamines and somatostatin only colocalized in a cell population in the ventral preoptic area. In turn, the striatum and amygdala contained neurons with somatostatin and nitric oxide synthase. Our results demonstrated that the somatostatin neuronal system in the brain of Pleurodeles waltl is consistent with that observed in anuran amphibians and shares many characteristics with those of amniotes. Colocalization of somatostatin with catecholamines and nitric oxide is very restricted in the urodele brain, but in places that can be easily compared to those reported for mammals, suggesting that interactions between these neurotransmitter systems are a primitive feature shared by tetrapod vertebrates.
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- Agustín González
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
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Gangnon F, Jégou S, Vallarino M, Vieau D, Vaudry H. Molecular characterization of the cDNA and localization of the mRNA encoding the prohormone convertase PC5-A in the European green frog. J Comp Neurol 2003; 456:60-72. [PMID: 12508314 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The structure and distribution of PC5-A, a prohormone convertase that is thought to be involved in post-translational processing of peptide hormone and neuropeptide precursors, have not been investigated in submammalian vertebrates. In the present study, we characterized the cDNA encoding PC5-A in the European green frog Rana esculenta. The frog PC5-A cDNA encodes a 913-amino acid protein that encompasses a 28-amino acid signal peptide, the Asp/His/Ser catalytic triad found in all serine proteinases of the subtilisin family, and two potential N-linked glycosylation sites located in a C-terminal cysteine-rich domain. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction amplification showed that PC5-A mRNA is expressed in various organs including the brain, spinal cord, pituitary, lung, liver, intestine, and testis, but not in the stomach and pancreas. The distribution of PC5-A mRNA in the frog brain was studied by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Intense expression was observed in the mitral cellular layer of the olfactory bulb, the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca, the anterior preoptic area, and the suprachiasmatic and ventral hypothalamic nuclei. The expression pattern of PC5-A mRNA in the central nervous system of anuran amphibians was consistent with the implication of this prohormone convertase in the processing of various neuropeptide precursors.
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- Françoise Gangnon
- European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, INSERM U-413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Endepols H, Roden K, Luksch H, Dicke U, Walkowiak W. Dorsal striatopallidal system in anurans. J Comp Neurol 2003; 468:299-310. [PMID: 14648686 DOI: 10.1002/cne.11006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The dorsal striatopallidal system of tetrapods consists of the dorsal striatum (caudate-putamen in mammals) and the dorsal pallidum. Although the existence of striatal and pallidal structures has been well documented in anuran amphibians, the exact boundaries of these structures have so far been a matter of debate. To delineate precisely the dorsal striatopallidal system of anurans, we used quantitative analysis of leucine-enkephalin immunohistochemistry (in Bombina orientalis, Discoglossus pictus, Xenopus laevis, and Hyla versicolor), retrograde neurobiotin tracing studies (injections in the central and ventromedial thalamic nuclei in H. versicolor), and double-labeling tracing studies (injections in the lateral forebrain bundle and the caudal striatum in B. orientalis). Immunohistochemistry revealed that enkephalin-positive neurons are located mainly in the rostral and intermediate striatum. Neurobiotin tracing studies demonstrated that neurons projecting to the central and ventromedial thalamic nuclei are found in the intermediate and caudal striatum. Double-labeling studies revealed that the population of neurons in the rostral and intermediate striatum innervating the caudal striatum is separated from neurons projecting into the lateral forebrain bundle. Neurons that project to both the caudal striatum and the lateral forebrain bundle are found only in the dorsal part of the intermediate striatum. Taken together, our results suggest that the rostral striatum of anurans is homologous to the striatum proper of mammals, whereas the caudal striatum is comparable to the dorsal pallidum. The intermediate striatum represents a transition area between the two structures.
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- Heike Endepols
- Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, D-50923 Köln, Germany.
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Crespo M, Moreno N, López JM, González A. Comparative analysis of neuropeptide FF-like immunoreactivity in the brain of anuran (Rana perezi, Xenopus laevis) and urodele (Pleurodeles waltl) amphibians. J Chem Neuroanat 2003; 25:53-71. [PMID: 12573459 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-0618(02)00097-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The neuropeptide FF (NPFF) is a member of the RFamide related peptides (FaRPs) that share the dipeptide Arg-Phe-NH2 at their C-terminal. It was originally isolated from bovine brain and its wide distribution has been demonstrated in the brain of several mammalian species. By means of an NPFF antiserum we have investigated the distribution pattern of NPFF-like immunoreactive cells and fibers in the brain of anuran and urodele amphibians. In both amphibian orders, the most conspicuous labeled cell population was found in the preoptic area and hypothalamus, primarily in the suprachiasmatic region. Numerous fibers reached the median eminence and the intermediate lobe of the hypophysis. Only in the anuran brain cells were observed in the pallium and septum. In the urodele, cells and fibers of the terminal nerve were distinctly labeled. Cell bodies were widely distributed in the reticular formation of anurans and, in both orders, a large cell population was found in the nucleus of the solitary tract and the spinal cord. Comparable fiber distribution between both orders exists in which the basal telencephalon (mainly the amygdaloid complex), the hypothalamus and the spinal cord are the regions most richly innervated. The distribution pattern of NPFF-like immunorective elements in the brain of amphibians, which only partly overlaps with those of other FaRPs, supports the notion that a NPFF-like peptide exists in amphibians. On the basis of its localization, this peptide may act as a hypophysiotropic neurohormone and be involved in background adaptation. Its wide distribution in similar zones of the brain in amphibians and mammals suggests that functional roles of this peptide have been conserved in vertebrate evolution.
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- Miguel Crespo
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Vision is the most important sensory modality to anurans and a great deal of work in terms of hodological, physiological, and behavioral studies has been devoted to the visual system. The aim of this account is to survey data about the distribution of peptides in primary (lateral geniculate complex, pretectum, tectum) and secondary (striatum, anterodorsal and anteroventral tegmental nuclei, isthmic nucleus) visual relay centers. The emphasis is on general traits but interspecies variations are also noted. The smallest amount of peptide-containing neuronal elements was found in the lateral geniculate complex, where primarily nerve fibers showed immunostaining. All peptides found in the lateral geniculate complex, except two, occurred in the pretectum together with four other peptides. A large number of neurons showing intense neuropeptide thyrosine-like immunoreactivity was characteristic here. The mesencephalic tectum was the richest in peptide-like immunoreactive neuronal elements. Almost all peptides investigated were present mainly in fibers, but 9 peptides were found also in cells. The immunoreactive fibers show a complicated overlapping laminar arrangement. Cholecystokinin octapeptide, enkephalins, neuropeptide tyrosine, and substance P (not discussed here) gave the most prominent immunoreactivity. Several peptides also occur in the tectum of fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Peptides in various combinations were found in the striatum, the anterodorsal- and anteroventral tegmental nucleus, and the isthmic nucleus that receive projections from the primary visual centers. The functional significance of peptides in visual information processing is not known. The only exception is neuropeptide tyrosine, which was found to be inhibitory on retinotectal synapses.
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- G Lázár
- University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy, 7643 Pécs, Szigeti út 12, Hungary.
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Stuesse SL, Adli DS, Cruce WL. Immunohistochemical distribution of enkephalin, substance P, and somatostatin in the brainstem of the leopard frog, Rana pipiens. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 54:229-45. [PMID: 11514979 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The brainstems of frogs contain many of the neurochemicals that are found in mammals. However, the clustering of nuclei near the ventricles makes it difficult to distinguish individual cell groups. We addressed this problem by combining immunohistochemistry with tract tracing and an analysis of cell morphology to localize neuropeptides within the brainstem of Rana pipiens. We injected a retrograde tracer, Fluoro-Gold, into the spinal cord, and, in the same frog, processed adjacent sections for immunohistochemical location of antibodies to the neuropeptides enkephalin (ENK), substance P (SP), and somatostatin (SOM). SOM+ cells were more widespread than cells containing immunoreactivity (ir) to the other substances. Most reticular nuclei in frog brainstem contained ir to at least one of these chemicals. Cells with SOM ir were found in nucleus (n.) reticularis pontis oralis, n. reticularis magnocellularis, n. reticularis paragigantocellularis, n. reticularis dorsalis, the optic tectum, n. interpeduncularis, and n. solitarius. ENK-containing cell bodies were found in n. reticularis pontis oralis, n. reticularis dorsalis, the nucleus of the solitary tract, and the tectum. The midbrain contained most of the SP+ cells. Six nonreticular nuclei (griseum centrale rhombencephali, n. isthmi, n. profundus mesencephali, n. interpeduncularis, torus semicircularis laminaris, and the tectum) contained ir to one or more of the substances but did not project to the spinal cord. The descending tract of V, and the rubrospinal, reticulospinal, and solitary tracts contained all three peptides as did the n. profundus mesencephali, n. isthmi, and specific tectal layers. Because the distribution of neurochemicals within the frog brainstem is similar to that of amniotes, our results emphasize the large amount of conservation of structure, biochemistry, and possibly function that has occurred in the brainstem, and especially in the phylogenetically old reticular formation.
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- S L Stuesse
- Neurobiology and Pharmacology Department, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio 44272, USA
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Yon L, Alexandre D, Montéro M, Chartrel N, Jeandel L, Vallarino M, Conlon JM, Kikuyama S, Fournier A, Gracia-Navarro F, Roubos E, Chow B, Arimura A, Anouar Y, Vaudry H. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and its receptors in amphibians. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 54:137-57. [PMID: 11458398 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.1129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), a novel peptide of the secretin/glucagon/vasoactive intestinal polypeptide superfamily, has been initially characterized in mammals in 1989 and, only 2 years later, its counterpart has been isolated in amphibians. A number of studies conducted in the frog Rana ridibunda have demonstrated that PACAP is widely distributed in the central nervous system (particularly in the hypothalamus and the median eminence) and in peripheral organs including the adrenal gland. The cDNAs encoding the PACAP precursor and 3 types of PACAP receptors have been cloned in amphibians and their distribution has been determined by in situ hybridization histochemistry. Ontogenetic studies have revealed that PACAP is expressed early in the brain of tadpoles, soon after hatching. In the frog Rana ridibunda, PACAP exerts a large array of biological effects in the brain, pituitary, adrenal gland, and ovary, suggesting that, in amphibians as in mammals, PACAP may act as neurotrophic factor, a neurotransmitter and a neurohormone.
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- L Yon
- European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, INSERM U-413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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The colocalization of GABA, enkephalin and neuropeptide Y immunoreactivity in neurons in the pretectal area and in the mesencephalic tectum of the green frog (Rana esculenta) was studied. Several Met-enkephalin immunoreactive perikarya were found in layer 6 of the tectum and every third of these neurons showed GABA-ir as well. Colocalization of GABA and NPY could also be shown in half of the neuropeptide Y immunopositive cells in the 6th layer of the tectum, but only a few cells were double stained in layers 9 and 4. In the pretectal area no colocalization of the investigated peptides and GABA was found.
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- T Kozicz
- Pécs University, Medical Faculty, Department of Human Anatomy, H-7635, Pécs, Szigeti út 12, Hungary.
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Ewert JP, Buxbaum-Conradi H, Dreisvogt F, Glagow M, Merkel-Harff C, Röttgen A, Schürg-Pfeiffer E, Schwippert WW. Neural modulation of visuomotor functions underlying prey-catching behaviour in anurans: perception, attention, motor performance, learning. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2001; 128:417-61. [PMID: 11246037 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00333-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The present review points out that visuomotor functions in anurans are modifiable and provides neurophysiological data which suggest modulatory forebrain functions. The retino-tecto/tegmento-bulbar/spinal serial processing streams are sufficient for stimulus-response mediation in prey-catching behaviour. Without its modulatory connections to forebrain structures, however, these processing streams cannot manage perceptual tasks, directed attention, learning performances, and motor skills. (1) Visual prey/non-prey discrimination is based on the interaction of this processing stream with the pretectal thalamus involving the neurotransmitter neuropeptide-Y. (2) Experiments applying the dopamine agonist apomorphine in combination with 2DG mapping and single neurone recording suggest that prey-catching strategies in terms of hunting prey and waiting for prey depend on dose dependent dopaminergic adjustments in the neural macronetwork in which retinal, pretecto-tectal, basal ganglionic, limbic, and mesolimbic structures participate. (3) Visual response properties of striatal efferent neurones support the concept that ventral striatum is involved in directed attention. (4) Various modulatory loops involving the ventral medial pallium modify prey-recognition in the course of visual or visual-olfactory learning (associative learning) or are responsible for stimulus-specific habituation (non-associative learning). (5) The circuits suggested to underlie modulatory forebrain functions are accentuated in standard schemes of the neural macronetwork. These provide concepts suitable for future decisive experiments.
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- J P Ewert
- Department of Neurobiology, FB19 Biology/Chemistry, University of, Kassel, Germany.
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Galas L, Vaudry H, Braun B, Van Den Pol AN, De Lecea L, Sutcliffe JG, Chartrel N. Immunohistochemical localization and biochemical characterization of hypocretin/orexin-related peptides in the central nervous system of the frog Rana ridibunda. J Comp Neurol 2001; 429:242-52. [PMID: 11116217 DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20000108)429:2<242::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In the present study, we have investigated the distribution and biochemical characteristics of hypocretin (hcrt) -like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system (CNS) of the frog Rana ridibunda by using an antiserum directed against rat hcrt2. Immunoreactive cell bodies were only detected in four diencephalic nuclei, including the anterior preoptic area and the suprachiasmatic, magnocellular, and ventral hypothalamic nuclei. In contrast, hcrt2-immunoreactive fibers were widely distributed throughout the frog CNS. In particular, a high density of hcrt-positive fibers was detected in several areas of the telencephalon, including the olfactory bulb, the nucleus of the diagonal band of Broca, and the amygdala. A dense network of hcrt-containing fibers was observed in all thalamic and hypothalamic nuclei. A low to moderate density of immunoreactive fibers was also found in the mesencephalon, rhombencephalon, and spinal cord. Reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography analysis of frog brain extracts revealed that hcrt2-immunoreactive material eluted as two peaks, the major one exhibiting the same retention time as synthetic rat hcrt2. The present data provide the first detailed mapping of the hcrt neuronal system in the CNS of a nonmammalian vertebrate. The occurrence of hcrt-containing cell bodies in the hypothalamus and the widespread distribution of hcrt-immunoreactive fibers throughout the brain and spinal cord suggest that, in amphibians, hcrts may exert neuroendocrine, neurotransmitter, and/or neuromodulator activities.
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- L Galas
- European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, INSERM U 413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Gangnon F, Danger JM, Jegou S, Vieau D, Seidah NG, Vaudry H. Molecular cloning, characterization of cDNA, and distribution of mRNA encoding the frog prohormone convertase PC1. J Comp Neurol 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990308)405:2<160::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Adli DS, Stuesse SL, Cruce WL. Immunohistochemistry and spinal projections of the reticular formation in the northern leopard frog,Rana pipiens. J Comp Neurol 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19990215)404:3<387::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Vieau D, Gangnon F, Jégou S, Danger JM, Vaudry H. Characterization of the cDNA encoding the prohormone convertase PC2 and localization of the mRNA in the brain of the frog Rana ridibunda. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 63:1-13. [PMID: 9838019 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(98)00235-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A number of precursors for neuropeptides have recently been cloned in amphibians, but little is known concerning the endoproteases responsible for the processing of these precursors. Here we report on the molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding the proprotein convertase PC2 and the distribution of the corresponding mRNA in the European green frog Rana ridibunda. The full cDNA structure (2125 bp) was obtained from the analysis of the PCR products combined with the sequence from a clone isolated from a frog pituitary cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequence revealed that frog PC2 comprises 636 amino acid residues including a 22-residue signal peptide. RT-PCR analysis showed that PC2 is expressed not only in the brain and pituitary but also in various peripheral organs including the pancreas, stomach, intestine, liver, kidney and testis. In situ hybridization histochemistry revealed that, in the central nervous system, PC2 mRNA is widely distributed, the highest concentrations being found in the pallium, the anterior preoptic area, the hypothalamus and the medial amygdala. High levels of PC2 mRNA were also detected in the intermediate lobe of the pituitary. The overall distribution of PC2 mRNA in the frog brain is consistent with its involvement in the processing of a number of neuropeptide and hormone precursors.
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- D Vieau
- European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP no. 23), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, INSERM U413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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Reiner A, Medina L, Veenman CL. Structural and functional evolution of the basal ganglia in vertebrates. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 1998; 28:235-85. [PMID: 9858740 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(98)00016-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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While a basal ganglia with striatal and pallidal subdivisions is 1 clearly present in many extant anamniote species, this basal ganglia is cell sparse and receives only a relatively modest tegmental dopaminergic input and little if any cortical input. The major basal ganglia influence on motor functions in anamniotes appears to be exerted via output circuits to the tectum. In contrast, in modern mammals, birds, and reptiles (i.e., modern amniotes), the striatal and pallidal parts of the basal ganglia are very neuron-rich, both consist of the same basic populations of neurons in all amniotes, and the striatum receives abundant tegmental dopaminergic and cortical input. The functional circuitry of the basal ganglia also seems very similar in all amniotes, since the major basal ganglia influences on motor functions appear to be exerted via output circuits to both cerebral cortex and tectum in sauropsids (i.e., birds and reptiles) and mammals. The basal ganglia, output circuits to the cortex, however, appear to be considerably more developed in mammals than in birds and reptiles. The basal ganglia, thus, appears to have undergone a major elaboration during the evolutionary transition from amphibians to reptiles. This elaboration may have enabled amniotes to learn and/or execute a more sophisticated repertoire of behaviors and movements, and this ability may have been an important element of the successful adaptation of amniotes to a fully terrestrial habitat. The mammalian lineage appears, however, to have diverged somewhat from the sauropsid lineage with respect to the emergence of the cerebral cortex as the major target of the basal ganglia circuitry devoted to executing the basal ganglia-mediated control of movement.
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- A Reiner
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee-Memphis, 855 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163,
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Vallarino M, Thoumas J, Masini MA, Trabucchi M, Chartrel N, Vaudry H. Immunocytochemical localization of enkephalins in the brain of the African lungfish,
Protopterus annectens,
provides evidence for differential distribution of Met‐enkephalin and Leu‐enkephalin. J Comp Neurol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980706)396:3<275::aid-cne1>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Mauro Vallarino
- Institute of Comparative Anatomy, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), INSERM U 413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont‐Saint‐Aignan, France
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- Institute of Comparative Anatomy, University of Genova, 16132 Genova, Italy
- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), INSERM U 413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont‐Saint‐Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), INSERM U 413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont‐Saint‐Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, European Institute for Peptide Research (IFRMP 23), INSERM U 413, UA CNRS, University of Rouen, 76821 Mont‐Saint‐Aignan, France
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Medina L, Reiner A. The efferent projections of the dorsal and ventral pallidal parts of the pigeon basal ganglia, studied with biotinylated dextran amine. Neuroscience 1997; 81:773-802. [PMID: 9316028 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(97)00204-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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In the present study we have investigated the efferent projections of both the dorsal and the ventral pallidum of the pigeon basal ganglia, using the sensitive anterograde tracer biotinylated dextran amine [Veenman C. L. et al. (1992) J. Neurosci. Meth. 41, 239-254]. Injections of biotinylated dextran amine in the pigeon dorsal pallidum produced numerous fibers and terminals in specific nuclei of the thalamus, hypothalamus, pretectum and midbrain tegmentum. In the thalamus, labeled fibers and terminals were observed in the avian thalamic reticular nucleus, the proposed motor part of the avian ventral tier (ventrointermediate area), the avian parafascicular nucleus (nucleus dorsointermedius posterior), as well as in the avian nucleus subrotundus (which may be comparable to the posterior intralaminar nuclei of mammals). Labeled fibers and terminals were also observed in the avian subthalamic nucleus (anterior nucleus of the ansa lenticularis), in the pretectum (nucleus spiriformis lateralis) and in the avian substantia nigra pars reticulata. Injections of biotinylated dextran amine in the pigeon ventral pallidum produced fibers and terminals in specific centers of the telencephalon, hypothalamus, thalamus, epithalamus, and midbrain and isthmic tegmentum. Labeled fibers and terminals were also observed in the avian subthalamic nucleus and the inmediately adjacent lateral hypothalamus, the avian thalamic reticular nucleus, the avian medidorsal nucleusaand posterior intralaminar nuclei, and the lateral habenula. Finally, labeled fibers and terminals were found in the ventral tegmental area, the avian substantia nigra pars compacta and the midbrain/isthmic tegmentum, which includes the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus. Our results indicate that both the dorsal and ventral pallida of birds have unique and specific projection patterns, which are very similar to those of their counterparts in mammals. Our study suggests that these avian basal ganglia regions may be related mainly to somatomotor and limbic functions, respectively.
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- L Medina
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA
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Marín O, González A, Smeets WJ. Anatomical substrate of amphibian basal ganglia involvement in visuomotor behaviour. Eur J Neurosci 1997; 9:2100-9. [PMID: 9421170 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The optic tectum of amphibians is known to play a major role in the control of visually elicited orienting movements, such as prey-catching and avoidance behaviours. The recent finding of a direct striato-tectal connection in the frog Rana perezi prompted us to study in detail the anatomical substrate by which the basal ganglia of amphibians may modulate visuomotor behaviour. Injections of anterograde tracers into the striatum were combined with applications of retrograde tracers in the mid-brain tectum. Apart from a direct striato-tectal connection, at least three indirect pathways were observed, viz. a striato-anterior entopeduncular-tectal pathway, a striato-pretectal-tectal pathway and a striato-tegmento-tectal pathway. The basal ganglia-tectal connections of anurans largely resemble those described for amniotes, but appear to be more extensive. However, a pallio-tectal connection comparable to the cortico-tectal pathways of mammals was not observed in Rana perezi. Therefore, the striatum of anurans, which receives multimodal sensory information, seems to be the sole telencephalic structure that influences the mesencephalic tectum via a direct pathway.
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- O Marín
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Mar�n O, Gonz�lez A, Smeets WJ. Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: Efferent connections of the striatum and the nucleus accumbens. J Comp Neurol 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970331)380:1<23::aid-cne3>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Marín O, González A, Smeets WJ. Basal ganglia organization in amphibians: afferent connections to the striatum and the nucleus accumbens. J Comp Neurol 1997; 378:16-49. [PMID: 9120053 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970203)378:1<16::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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As part of a research program to determine if the organization of basal ganglia (BG) of amphibians is homologous to that of amniotes, the afferent connections of the BG in the anurans Xenopus laevis and Rana perezi and the urodele Pleurodeles waltl were investigated with sensitive tract-tracing techniques. Hodological evidence is presented that supports a division of the amphibian BG into a nucleus accumbens and a striatum. Both structures have inputs in common from the olfactory bulb, medial pallium, striatopallial transition area, preoptic area, ventral thalamus, ventral hypothalamic nucleus, posterior tubercle, several mesencephalic and rhombencephalic reticular nuclei, locus coeruleus, raphe, and the nucleus of the solitary tract. Several nuclei that project to both subdivisions of the BG, however, show a clear preference for either the striatum (lateral amygdala, parabrachial nucleus) or the nucleus accumbens (medial amygdala, ventral midbrain tegmentum). In addition, the anterior entopeduncular nucleus, central thalamic nucleus, anterior and posteroventral divisions of the lateral thalamic nucleus, and torus semicircularis project exclusively to the striatum, whereas the anterior thalamic nucleus, anteroventral, and anterodorsal tegmental nuclei provide inputs solely to the nucleus accumbens. Apart from this subdivision of the basal forebrain, the results of the present study have revealed more elaborate patterns of afferent projections to the BG of amphibians than previously thought. Moreover, regional differences within the striatum and the nucleus accumbens were demonstrated, suggesting the existence of functional subdivisions. The present study has revealed that the organization of the afferent connections to the BG in amphibians is basically similar to that of amniotes. According to their afferent connections, the striatum and the nucleus accumbens of amphibians may play a key role in processing olfactory, visual, auditory, lateral line, and visceral information. However, contrary to the situation in amniotes, only a minor involvement of pallial structures on the BG functions is present in amphibians.
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- O Marín
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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Richards S, Maler L. The distribution of Met-enkephalin like immunoreactivity in the brain of Apteronotus leptorhynchus, with emphasis on the electrosensory system. J Chem Neuroanat 1996; 11:173-90. [PMID: 8906459 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(96)00153-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The distribution of Met-enkephalin-like immunoreactivity in the brain of the electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus was analysed by immunohistochemistry. The majority of Met-enkephalin immunoreactive neurons were found in the hypothalamus. Dense Met-enkephalin immunoreactive fiber plexuses were seen in the hypothalamus and ventral forebrain. In the dorsal telencephalon an olfacto-recipient region (ventral subdivision of the dorsolateral forebrain) was specifically and densely innervated. Regions of the brain known to be involved in electrocommunication also received a substantial innervation by Met-enkephalin-like immunoreactive fibers. This distribution of immunoreactive fibers in the brain of this gymnotiform fish indicates that Met-enkephalin may be generally involved in the regulation of sensory, neuroendocrine and reproductive functions and specifically in the regulation of electrocommunication.
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- S Richards
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Maderdrut JL, Lázár G, Kozicz T, Merchenthaler I. Distribution of neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of Rana esculenta. J Comp Neurol 1996; 369:438-50. [PMID: 8743423 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<438::aid-cne8>3.0.co;2-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The distribution of perikarya and nerve fibers containing neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity in the brain of Rana esculenta was determined with an antiserum directed toward the carboxyl terminus of the peptide. In the telencephalon, immunoreactive perikarya were found in the olfactory bulb, the medial septum, and the diagonal band. In the diencephalon, labeled perikarya were detected in the anterior and posterior preoptic areas, the dorsal nucleus of the hypothalamus, the caudal part of the infundibulum, and the posterior tuberculum. In the mesencephalon, immunoreactive cell bodies were found only in the laminar nucleus of the torus semicircularis and the anterodorsal tegmental nucleus. In the rhombencephalon, labeled perikarya were detected in the secondary visceral nucleus, the cerebellar nucleus, the central gray, and the nucleus of the solitary tract. Immunoreactive nerve fibers were observed in all areas of the brain that contained labeled perikarya. The densest accumulations were found in the nucleus accumbens; the dorsal part of the lateral septum; the periventricular region of the ventral thalamus; the lateral part of the infundibulum; the anterodorsal, anteroventral, posterodorsal, and posteroventral tegmental nuclei; and the periaqueductal region of the tegmentum. The distribution of neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity in the frog brain was substantially different from the distribution described for the rodent brain.
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- J L Maderdrut
- U.S.-Japan Biomedical Research Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Tulane University Hebert Center, Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037, USA
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Conlon JM, Chartrel N, Leprince J, Suaudeau C, Costentin J, Vaudry H. A proenkephalin A-derived peptide analogous to bovine adrenal peptide E from frog brain: purification, synthesis, and behavioral effects. Peptides 1996; 17:1291-6. [PMID: 8971921 DOI: 10.1016/s0196-9781(96)00193-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A peptide derived from the posttranslational processing of proenkephalin A was isolated from an extract of the brain of the European green frog Rana ridibunda and its primary structure established as: Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met-Arg-Arg-Val-Gly-Arg10- Pro-Glu-Trp-Trp-Gln-Asp-Tyr-Gln-Lys-Arg20-Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met. The structure was confirmed by chemical synthesis. The peptide represents an amphibian equivalent of bovine adrenal peptide E [preproenkephalin A (206-230)-peptide] but the sequence contains two amino acid substitutions (Met15-->Gln and Leu25-->Met) compared with the mammalian peptide. The data support previous hypotheses that the Leu-enkephalin sequence is not present in preproenkephalin A of amphibians. Intracerebroventricular injections of frog peptide E (10 and 100 ng) in mice had no significant effect on horizontal locomotor activity. The peptide, in doses up to 1 microgram, had no effect on latency of escape jumping in the hot plate test and the peptide (100 ng) did not modify responses (paw licking, rearing, and escape jumping) in morphine-treated mice.
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- J M Conlon
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
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Muñoz A, Muñoz M, González A, Ten Donkelaar HJ. Anuran dorsal column nucleus: organization, immunohistochemical characterization, and fiber connections in Rana perezi and Xenopus laevis. J Comp Neurol 1995; 363:197-220. [PMID: 8642070 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903630204] [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: 02/01/2023]
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As part of a research program on the evolution of somatosensory systems in vertebrates, the dorsal column nucleus (DCN) was studied with (immuno)histochemical and tract-tracing techniques in anurans (the large green frog, Rana perezi, and the clawed toad, Xenopus laevis). The anuran DCN contains some nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase-positive neurons, very little calbindin D-28k, and a distinct parvalbumin-positive cell population. The anuran DCN is innervated by primary and non-primary spinal afferents, by primary afferents from cranial nerves V, VII, IX, and X, by serotonin-immunoreactive fibers, and by peptidergic fibers. Non-primary DCN afferents from the spinal cord appear to arise throughout the spinal cord, but particularly from the ipsilateral dorsal gray. The present study focused on the efferent connections of the DCN, in particular the targets of the medial lemniscus. The medial lemniscus could be traced throughout the brainstem and into the diencephalon. Along its course, the medial lemniscus gives off collaterals to various parts of the reticular formation, to the octavolateral area, and to the granular layer of the cerebellum. At mesencephalic levels, the medial lemniscus innervates the lateral part of the torus semicircularis as well as various tegmental nuclei. A striking difference between the two species studied is that while in R. perezi medial lemniscal fibers do not reach the tectum mesencephali, in X. laevis, intermediate and deep tectal layers are innervated. Beyond the midbrain, both dorsal and ventral thalamic areas are innervated by the medial lemniscus. The present study shows that the anuran "lemniscal pathway" is basically similar to that of amniotes.
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- A Muñoz
- Department of Cell Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
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Debski EA, Liu Q, Chapman AM. Non-uniform distribution of cellular phenotypes in the optic tectum of the leopard frog. J Comp Neurol 1995; 360:671-84. [PMID: 8801258 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903600411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Regional specialization in the retina have been described in a number of species. We have investigated whether such specializations can be found in the optic tectum, an area of the brain responsible for the processing of visual information. Using the tectum of Rana pipiens, we have examined the distribution of three different cell types defined on the basis of their immunoreactivity to somatostatin, substance P, and serotonin antibodies. These three immunoreactive cell populations had differing, nonuniform distributions in the optic tectum. Somatostatin-line immunoreactive cells were largely restricted to the caudal one-third of the tectum, whereas both substance P-like immunoreactive (SP-ir) and serotonin-like immunoreactive (5-HT-ir) cells were found unequally represented throughout the tectum. The percentage of SP-ir cells decreased significantly in both the posterior and medial directions from its high in the anterior lateral tectum. Although serotonin-like immunoreactivity was also greatest in the lateral tectum and decreased significantly medially, it was largely constant in the anterior-to-posterior dimension. The populations of SP-ir and 5-HT-ir cells were nonoverlapping. Our results suggest that information may be processed differently in different regions of the optic tectum.
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- E A Debski
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506, USA
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