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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: 691] [Impact Index Per Article: 57.6] [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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Meneghelli C, Rocha NH, Mengatto V, Hoeller AA, Santos TS, Lino-de-Oliveira C, Marino-Neto J. Distribution of tryptophan hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the brainstem and diencephalon of the pigeon (Columba livia). J Chem Neuroanat 2009; 38:34-46. [PMID: 19559984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2008] [Revised: 02/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The distribution of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH)-containing perikarya and processes in the brainstem and diencephalon of the pigeon (Columba livia) were investigated using single-labeling chromogenic and double-labeling fluorescence immunohistochemical methods for TPH and 5-HT. TPH-immunoreactive (TPH-ir) perikarya were seen extending from the caudal medulla to mid-hypothalamic levels, located in brainstem regions previously described as containing 5-HT-ir somata. Brainstem TPH-ir cell clusters (the midline raphe, and the dorsolateral and ventrolateral serotonergic cell groups) and the circumventricular cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in the taenia choroidea (in the caudal brainstem), recessus infundibuli and paraventricular organ (in the hypothalamus) were shown to co-express 5-HT immunoreactivity. However, heavily labeled TPH-ir cell clusters were observed in the nucleus premamillaris (PMM), in the stratum cellulare internum (SCI), in the nucleus paraventricularis magnocellularis (PVN) and in the medial border of the nucleus dorsomedialis anterior thalami (DMA). Double-labeling experiments indicated that none of these medial hypothalamic TPH-ir cells were immunoreactive to 5-HT. These cells correspond to dopamine- and melatonin-containing neurons previously found in the avian hypothalamus, and appear to be comparable to the mammalian TPH-ir hypothalamic A11-A13 catecholaminergic somata, suggesting that they may be a conserved attribute in the amniote medial hypothalamus.
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- Cristiane Meneghelli
- Department of Physiological Sciences, CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88049-900 Florianópolis SC, Brazil
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Da Silva RA, Da Silva ASS, Poffo MJ, Ribas DC, Faria MS, Marino-Neto J, Paschoalini MA. Feeding behavior after metergoline or GR-46611 injections into the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in the pigeon. Behav Brain Res 2007; 179:248-57. [PMID: 17360049 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2007.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2006] [Revised: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The present study examined changes in spontaneous behavior of free-feeding pigeons in response to local injections of metergoline (MET, an antagonist of 5-HT(1/2) receptors; 5, 10 and 20 nmol), GR-46611 (GR, a 5-HT(1B/1D) agonist; 0.6 and 6 nmol) or vehicle into the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN). When infused into the PVN, MET and GR promptly and reliably elicited feeding at their higher doses, without affecting drinking or non-ingestive behaviors (locomotion, exploration, preening, sleep) during the first hour after injection. Both GR- and MET-evoked ingestive responses were associated only with an increase in feeding duration, with no changes in latency to start feeding. In a second series of experiments, the effective doses of MET (20 nmol) and GR (6 nmol) were injected into other diencephalic areas. This exploratory study revealed that intense feeding responses to both MET and GR local injections are also observed in the n. medialis hypothalami posterioris and in the adjacent n. lateralis hypothalami posterioris (PMH/PLH complex, in the caudoventral hypothalamus) and in the n. magnocellularis preopticus (PPM, in the caudal preoptic region). The behavioral profiles associated with these hyperphagic responses were nucleus-specific: in the PMH/PLH, MET-induced feeding was accompanied by an increase in total feeding duration and by a reduction in the latency to start feeding, while ingestive responses evoked by MET in the PPM were associated only with an increase in feeding duration (similar to that observed in the PVN experiments). No ingestive effects were observed after intracerebroventricular (ICV, lateral ventricle) injections of MET (10, 30, 100 or 300 nmol), while ICV injections of GR (3, 15 or 30 nmol) increased feeding only at the higher dose [Da Silva RA, De Oliveira ST, Hackl LPN, Spilere CI, Faria MS, Marino-Neto J, Paschoalini MA. Ingestive behaviors and metabolic fuels after central injections of 5-HT1A and 5-HT1D/1B receptors agonists in the pigeon. Brain Res, 2004;1026:275-283]. These data indicate the presence of a tonic inhibitory influence on feeding behavior exerted by 5-HT afferents on these hypothalamic areas, and suggest that these inputs, possibly mediated by non-rodent-type 5-HT1D/1B receptors, can affect both satiety and satiation mechanisms.
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- Renata A Da Silva
- Department of Physiological Sciences - CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Evrard HC, Harada N, Balthazart J. Immunocytochemical localization of aromatase in sensory and integrating nuclei of the hindbrain in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). J Comp Neurol 2004; 473:194-212. [PMID: 15101089 DOI: 10.1002/cne.20068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The distribution of the estrogen synthesizing enzyme (aromatase) in the hindbrain (rhombencephalon and mesencephalon) of male adult quail was investigated by immunocytochemistry. Aromatase-immunoreactive neuronal structures (perikarya and fibers bearing punctate structures) were observed in sensory (trigeminal, solitary tract, vestibular, optic tectum) and integrating (parabrachial, periaqueductal, cerulean, raphe) nuclei. Besides the expression of aromatase in these well-delineated nuclei, dense to scattered networks of immunoreactive fibers were found dispersed throughout the hindbrain and, in particular, in its rostral and dorsal parts. To a lesser extent, they were also present throughout the premotor nuclei of the reticular formation and in various fiber tracts. In contrast, no immunoreactive signal was found in motor nuclei, and in most of the statoacoustic (cerebellum, cochlear, olive, pontine, part of vestibular) nuclei. The expression of aromatase in perikarya and fibers in areas of the adult hindbrain where estrogen receptors have been identified previously suggests a role for estrogens locally produced in the regulation of sensory and integrating functions, contrary to the widespread assumption that these functions are regulated exclusively by steroids produced in the gonads.
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- Henry C Evrard
- Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Research Group in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, University of Liège, B-4020 Liège, Belgium.
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Wang R, Millam JR, Klasing KC. Distribution of interleukin-1 receptor in chicken and quail brain. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2003; 136:663-71. [PMID: 14613794 DOI: 10.1016/s1095-6433(03)00219-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Interleukin 1 isoforms (IL-1) are major regulators of vertebrate immune responses. In the mammalian CNS, this function is reflected in physiological and anatomical evidence implicating IL-1 in a suite of behaviors associated with sickness. Although birds show sickness behavior, a parallel role of IL-1 in birds has not been investigated. As proinflammatory effects of IL-1 are mediated via the IL-1 type I receptor (IL-1RI), we investigated the distribution of IL-1RI protein and mRNA after lipopolysaccharide challenge in brains of two avian species, the chicken and Japanese quail. In some respects, the neuroanatomic distribution of IL-1R mRNA and protein in chicken and Japanese quail resembled that reported in mammals and was consistent with its putative role in the physiology and behavior of sickness. For example, we found IL-1RI mRNA or IL-1RI immunoreactivity in lemnothalamic visual projection areas of the pallium, surrounding blood vessels in pallial areas, in the dorsomedial nucleus of the hypothalamus, in the nucleus taenia, in cerebeller Purkinje cells and the motor components of the trigeminal and vagus nuclei. However, in contrast to mammals, we did not find evidence of IL1-RI receptors in medial or lateral pallial structures, paraventricular nucleus, areas homologous to the arcuate nucleus, the choroid plexus, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis or the reticular activating system. The distribution of IL-1RI suggests that a role for IL-1 in sickness behavior is conserved in birds, but that roles in other putative mammalian functions (e.g. hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal and gonadal axes regulation, transport through barrier-related tissues, arousal) may differ.
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- Ruizhong Wang
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Smeets WJ, González A. Catecholamine systems in the brain of vertebrates: new perspectives through a comparative approach. BRAIN RESEARCH. BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS 2000; 33:308-79. [PMID: 11011071 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-0173(00)00034-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 300] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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A comparative analysis of catecholaminergic systems in the brain and spinal cord of vertebrates forces to reconsider several aspects of the organization of catecholamine systems. Evidence has been provided for the existence of extensive, putatively catecholaminergic cell groups in the spinal cord, the pretectum, the habenular region, and cortical and subcortical telencephalic areas. Moreover, putatively dopamine- and noradrenaline-accumulating cells have been demonstrated in the hypothalamic periventricular organ of almost every non-mammalian vertebrate studied. In contrast with the classical idea that the evolution of catecholamine systems is marked by an increase in complexity going from anamniotes to amniotes, it is now evident that the brains of anamniotes contain catecholaminergic cell groups, of which the counterparts in amniotes have lost the capacity to produce catecholamines. Moreover, a segmental approach in studying the organization of catecholaminergic systems is advocated. Such an approach has recently led to the conclusion that the chemoarchitecture and connections of the basal ganglia of anamniote and amniote tetrapods are largely comparable. This review has also brought together data about the distribution of receptors and catecholaminergic fibers as well as data about developmental aspects. From these data it has become clear that there is a good match between catecholaminergic fibers and receptors, but, at many places, volume transmission seems to play an important role. Finally, although the available data are still limited, striking differences are observed in the spatiotemporal sequence of appearance of catecholaminergic cell groups, in particular those in the retina and olfactory bulb.
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- W J Smeets
- Graduate School of Neurosciences of Amsterdam, Research Institute of Neurosciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Systemic administration of cholecystokinin (CCK) inhibits feeding in birds. However, the signaling pathway through which CCK induces this effect is unknown, and its role as a natural satiety signal is controversial. To address these issues, we used immunocytochemistry for the immediate-early gene protein Fos to localize sites of neuronal activation in the brain of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) after CCK treatment. Food intake was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner following intraperitonal (i.p.) injection of CCK, with an effective dose range of 1-50 micrograms/kg. To test the hypothesis that CCK induces a distinct pattern of Fos-like immunoreactivity (FLI) in the brain, we compared FLI in birds given CCK (20 micrograms/kg, i.p.) with that in birds given a nonspecific chemical inhibitor of feeding, lithium chloride (LiCl, 40 mg/kg, i.p.), at doses that reduce feeding to a similar level (30% of saline controls). FLI-positive cell nuclei were counted in 14 brain regions after administration of CCK, LiCl, or saline. CCK uniquely induced FLI in the paraventricular, infundibular, periventricular hypothalamic, and medial mamillary nuclei of the hypothalamus. However, CCK and LiCl both induced a comparable pattern of FLI in the hindbrain, with strong staining in the nucleus of the solitary tract and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. These findings demonstrate the ability of CCK to activate the central nervous system in birds and suggest that the peptide exerts specific actions in the hypothalamus. However, the possibility that the FLI observed may have arisen through nonspecific effects of CCK on gastrointestinal physiology cannot be discounted.
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- T Boswell
- Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Balthazart J, Absil P. Identification of catecholaminergic inputs to and outputs from aromatase-containing brain areas of the Japanese quail by tract tracing combined with tyrosine hydroxylase immunocytochemistry. J Comp Neurol 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970609)382:3<401::aid-cne7>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Souza WF, Freitas CG, Marino-Neto J, Paschoalini MA. Central beta-adrenoceptor involvement in neural control of blood glucose in pigeons. Physiol Behav 1996; 60:889-94. [PMID: 8873265 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(96)00128-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The effects of ICV injections of adrenaline (30 nmol in 1 microL of saline) on blood glucose levels were investigated in conscious adult pigeons. This procedure increased blood glucose levels at 15-45 min after treatment. Previous ICV injection of propranolol (50 nmol) suppressed the increase observed at 15 min. The higher propranolol dose (100 nmol) was more effective than the lower dose (50 nmol) at blocking adrenaline-induced hyperglycemia. On the other hand, the ICV pretreatment with an alpha-adrenergic antagonist, phentolamine, slightly potentiated the hyperglycemia caused by ICV injection of adrenaline. The IP administration of propranolol (100 nmol) or phentolamine (100 nmol) before adrenaline ICV failed to induce change in the hyperglycemic response induced by this catecholamine. Both IP and ICV injections of these adrenergic blockers, before ICV injections of saline, evoked no changes in baseline glycemic levels. Therefore, elevation of blood glucose concentration by ICV adrenaline and blockade of the response by propranolol suggest the involvement of a central beta-adrenergic mechanism in the neural control of glycemia in pigeons.
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- W F Souza
- Department of Physiological Sciences-CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Dario AJ, Lopes PR, Freitas CG, Paschoalini MA, Marino-Neto J. Electrographic patterns of postprandial sleep after food deprivation or intraventricular adrenaline injections in pigeons. Brain Res Bull 1996; 39:249-54. [PMID: 8963691 DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02115-9] [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: 02/03/2023]
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Intense postprandial sleep-like behavior was previously reported to occur, in a similar fashion, either after feeding evoked by intracerebroventricular adrenaline injections or after interruption of prolonged (96 h) fasting in conscious pigeons. These behavioral similarities were taken as indication of a physiological role for central adrenergic circuits in avian food intake regulation. In the present study we compared sleep-related electrographic signs (EEG, EMG, and EOG) that develop following both food intake-inducing situations to further examine these correspondences and their corollaries. Our data indicate that postprandial behaviors in the pigeon include dramatic increases in the incidence of slow-wave (SWS) and rapid eye movement sleep (REMS). The temporal distribution, total amount, and mean bout duration of these sleep states, as well as the latency for the first SWS episode, were statistically similar in both feeding behavior-inducing situations. Besides confirming early behavioral data, indicative of an engagement of adrenergic central components in food intake control, our results suggest that postprandial SWS could represent an important element of the feeding-related metabolic changes in pigeons, in a similar fashion to the observed in mammalian forms.
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- A J Dario
- Department of Physiological Sciences-CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis SC, Brazil
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Moons L, D'Hondt E, Pijcke K, Vandesande F. Noradrenergic system in the chicken brain: immunocytochemical study with antibodies to noradrenaline and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase. J Comp Neurol 1995; 360:331-48. [PMID: 8522651 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903600210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A light microscopic immunocytochemical study, using antisera against noradrenaline (NA) and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH), revealed the noradrenergic system in the brain of the chicken (Gallus domesticus). NA- and DBH-immunoreactive (ir) elements showed a similar distribution throughout the whole brain. The neurons immunoreactive for the monoamine were confined to the lower brainstem, the pons, and the medulla. In the pons, a rather dense group of cells was found in the dorsal, most posterior part of the locus coeruleus and in the caudal nucleus subcoeruleus ventralis. A few labeled cells appeared in and around the nucleus olivaris superior in the most caudal part of the metencephalic tegmentum. In the medulla oblongata, noradrenergic cells could be visualized at the level of the nucleus of the solitary tract and in a ventrolateral complex. Virtually all regions of the brain contained a rather dense innervation by NA- and DBH-immunopositive varicose fibers. Noradrenergic fibers and terminals were especially abundant in the ventral forebrain and in the periventricular hypothalamic regions. DBH-ir and NA-ir fibers, varicosities, and punctate structures could be observed in close association with immunonegative perikarya in several brain regions, more specifically in the ventral telencephalon, in the mid- and tuberal hypothalamic region, and in the dorsal rostral pons. Some perikarya in these brain areas were completely surrounded by noradrenergic structures that formed pericellular arrangements around the cells. The present study on the distribution of the noradrenergic system in the brain of the chicken combined with the results of a previous report on the distribution of L-Dopa and dopamine in the same species (L. Moons, J. van Gils, E. Ghijsels, and F. Vandesande, 1994, J. Comp. Neurol. 346:97-118) offers the opportunity to differentiate between the various catecholamines in the brain of this vertebrate. The results are discussed in relation to catecholaminergic systems previously reported in avian species and in the mammalian brain.
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- L Moons
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Zoological Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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Ball GF, Casto JM, Balthazart J. Autoradiographic localization of D1-like dopamine receptors in the forebrain of male and female Japanese quail and their relationship with immunoreactive tyrosine hydroxylase. J Chem Neuroanat 1995; 9:121-33. [PMID: 8561950 DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00075-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The distribution of D1-like dopamine receptors was studied in the brain of male and female Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) by means of quantitative autoradiography with 3H-labelled D1 selective antagonist, SCH 23390, serving as a ligand. A specific, saturable, high affinity binding of this ligand was demonstrated. High densities of binding sites were detected in the lobus parolfactorius, olfactory tubercle, and paleostriatum augmentatum. Medium densities were observed in the entire neostriatum and in the external layers of the optic tectum. Similar levels of binding outlined the paleostriatum primitivum, the nucleus pretecalis and the nucleus intercollicularis. Low but significant levels of receptors were also present in the medial preoptic area at the level of the sexually dimorphic medial preoptic nucleus and throughout the infundibulum, as well as in the ectostriatum, medial and lateral septum, and nucleus accumbens. At the level of the medial septum, just dorsal to the anterior commissure, two circular areas of high receptor density corresponding to the nucleus of the septal commissure were also observed. No sex difference in receptor density could be detected in any of the areas. All areas containing high densities of D1 receptors also contained high densities of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) fibers. However, certain areas characterized by a high density of TH-immunoreactive fibers did not contain appreciable densities of D1-like dopamine receptors. The distribution of this receptor and its relationship to TH-immunoreactivity is consistent with observations made in other vertebrates, suggesting that the dopaminergic system is evolutionarily highly conserved among amniote vertebrates.
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- G F Ball
- Department of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218-2686 USA
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Berk ML, Smith SE. Local and commissural neuropeptide-containing projections of the nucleus of the solitary tract to the dorsal vagal complex in the pigeon. J Comp Neurol 1994; 347:369-96. [PMID: 7529775 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903470305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The neuropeptide content of neurons of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), which have local and commissural projections to the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMNX) and to NTS, were demonstrated in the pigeon (Columba livia) by using a combined fluorescein-bead retrograde-transport-immunofluorescence technique. The specific peptides studied were bombesin, cholecystokinin, enkephalin, galanin, neuropeptide Y, neurotensin, and substance P. Perikarya immunoreactive for bombesin were located in medial tier subnuclei of NTS and the caudal NTS. Most galanin- and substance P-immunoreactive cells were found in subnucleus medialis ventralis. Cells immunoreactive for neuropeptide Y were found in the medial tier of NTS and in the lateral tier, especially in subnucleus lateralis dorsalis intermedius. The majority of enkephalin- and neurotensin-immunoreactive cells were found centrally in subnuclei medialis dorsalis and medialis intermedius. Cells immunoreactive for cholecystokinin were located in subnuclei lateralis dorsalis pars anterior, medialis superficialis, and the caudal NTS. Based on the presence of retrogradely labeled cells, numerous neurons of the medial tier of NTS, but extremely few lateral tier NTS neurons, had projections to the ipsilateral and contralateral DMNX and NTS. The number of retrogradely labeled NTS cells was always greater ipsilaterally than contralaterally. The percentages of peptide-immunoreactive NTS cells that projected to the ipsilateral and contralateral DMNX were in the ranges of 29-61% and 10-48%, respectively. The percentages of peptide-immunoreactive NTS cells that projected to the contralateral NTS ranged from 13 to 60%. Peptide-immunoreactive NTS cells that have local and commissural projections to DMNX and NTS may act as interneurons in vagovagal reflex pathways and in the integration of visceral sensory and forebrain input to NTS and DMNX.
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- M L Berk
- Department of Anatomy, Cell and Neurobiology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia 25755-9350
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Moons L, van Gils J, Ghijsels E, Vandesande F. Immunocytochemical localization of L-dopa and dopamine in the brain of the chicken (Gallus domesticus). J Comp Neurol 1994; 346:97-118. [PMID: 7962714 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903460107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A light microscopic immunocytochemical study, with antisera against dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) and dopamine (DA), revealed the dopaergic and dopaminergic systems in the brain of the chicken (Gallus domesticus). L-DOPA- and DA-immunoreactive (ir) elements are similarly distributed throughout the entire brain. Virtually all regions of the brain contained a dense innervation by L-DOPA- and DA-immunopositive varicose fibers. The neuronal cell bodies immunoreactive for the two monoamines were confined to more restricted regions, the hypothalamus, the midbrain and the brainstem. In the hypothalamus, DA- and L-DOPA-ir neurons were subdivided into a medial periventricular and a lateral group. The medial group starts at the level of the anterior commissure, in the ventral part of the nucleus periventricularis hypothalami, and continues in a more dorsal periventricular position caudally into the dorsal tuberal hypothalamic region. Densely labeled cerebrospinal fluid contacting cells can be observed in the paraventricular organ. The lateral group consists of immunopositive neurons loosely arranged in the lateral hypothalamic area and in the nucleus mamillaris lateralis. Most of the dopaminergic cell groups, identified in the hypothalamus of mammals, could be observed in the chicken, with the exception of the tuberoinfundibular group. The majority of L-DOPA- and DA-ir perikarya is, however, situated in the mesencephalic tegmentum, in the area ventralis of Tsai and in the nucleus tegmenti pedunculo-pontinus, pars compacta, the avian homologues of, respectively, the ventral tegmental area and the substantia nigra of mammals. In the pons, dense groups of cells are found in the locus coeruleus and in the nucleus subcoeruleus ventralis and dorsalis. A few labeled cells appear in and around the nucleus olivaris superior in the most caudal part of the metencephalic tegmentum. In the medulla oblongata, L-DOPA- and DA-ir cells can be seen at the level of the nucleus of the solitary tract and in a ventrolateral complex. A comparison with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunocytochemistry revealed TH-immunopositive neurons greatly outnumbering the cells exhibiting DA and L-DOPA immunoreactivity. These results are discussed in relation to catecholaminergic systems previously reported in avian species and in the mammalian brain.
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- L Moons
- Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Zoological Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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Kuenzel WJ, Blähser S. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)-containing neurons: distribution throughout the brain of the chick (Gallus domesticus) with focus upon the lateral septal organ. Cell Tissue Res 1994; 275:91-107. [PMID: 8118850 DOI: 10.1007/bf00305378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The distribution of VIP-like perikarya and fibers was determined throughout the chick brain. The most rostral immunoreactive perikarya were found to be cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in the pars medialis of the lateral septal organ. Additional data were presented supporting the idea that the lateral septal organ is another circumventricular organ within the brain of birds (Kuenzel and van Tienhoven 1982). A large group of immunoreactive perikarya was found in the lateral hypothalamic area and appeared continuous with immunoreactive neurons in the anterior medial and ventromedial hypothalamic nuclei (n). A few perikarya were located in the paraventricular hypothalamic n. A number of immunoreactive neurons were found within and about the infundibular and inferior hypothalamic n., none however was immunoreactive cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons. Immunoreactive perikarya were found predominantly in laminae 10-11 of the stratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale. A few scattered perikarya were found ventromedial to the n. tegmenti pedunculo-pontinus pars compacta and locus ceruleus. Some of the immunoreactivity was unusual, being very homogeneous within the cell body with little evidence of the material in the axon or dendrites. Perikarya were found in the central gray, n. intercollicularis, and area ventralis of Tsai. The most caudal structure showing immunoreactive neurons was the n. reticularis paragigantocellularis lateralis. Brain areas containing the most abundant immunoreactive fibers, listed from the rostral-most location, were found in the ventromedial region of the lobus parolfactorius and the lateral septal n. Continuing caudally, there were immunoreactive fibers within the periventricular hypothalamic n.; some of the fibers were found to travel for some distance parallel to the third ventricle. Dense immunoreactive fibers were found in the tractus cortico-habenularis et cortico-septalis, medial habenular n. and posterior and dorsal n. of the archistriatum. A number of areas had what appeared to be baskets of immunoreactive fibers (perhaps immunoreactive terminals) surrounding non-reactive perikarya. Brain areas containing terminals included the piriform cortex, area ventralis of Tsai, interpeduncular n., and specific regions of the stratum griseum et fibrosum superficiale. A very dense immunoreactivity occurred within the external zone of the median eminence, the dorsolateral parabrachial n., and n. tractus solitarii. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide appears to be a useful peptide for defining the neuroanatomical constituents of the visceral forebrain in birds.
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- W J Kuenzel
- Department of Poultry Science, University of Maryland, College Park 20742
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Berk ML, Smith SE, Karten HJ. Nucleus of the solitary tract and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve of the pigeon: localization of peptide and 5-hydroxytryptamine immunoreactive fibers. J Comp Neurol 1993; 338:521-48. [PMID: 8132859 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903380404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The distribution of peptide and serotonin fibers in the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve (DMNX) in the pigeon (Columba livia) was investigated immunocytochemically. This information was correlated with the viscerotopic organization of the nuclei and with central NTS circuitry to suggest the role of the neurochemical containing fibers in the regulation of organ function. The distribution of fibers containing cholecystokinin (CCK), calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), enkephalin (ENK), neuropeptide Y (NPY), neurotensin (NT), substance P (SP), somatostatin (SS), vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) was determined. Each substance had a distinct distribution within the subnuclei of NTS-DMNX, but certain generalities can be deduced. In the DMNX, fibers immunoreactive for ENK, NT, and SP were found in greatest concentration, while CGRP and 5-HT immunoreactive fibers were the least dense. This suggests that ENK, NT, and SP may have a significant modulatory effect on gastrointestinal functions. In the NTS overall, ENK, NT, SP, and VIP fibers were found in high density, CCK, NPY, SS, and 5-HT fibers were found in moderate density, and CGRP fibers were found in low density. However, some individual NTS subnuclei were found to contain moderate to high concentrations of each of the substances, including CGRP. Fibers containing CCK, ENK, NT, SP, SS, and VIP in the medial dorsal NTS subnuclei may regulate gastroesophageal functions. The caudal part of subnucleus lateralis parasolitarius did not contain most of the substances, which suggests that pulmonary function is not modulated by these neurochemicals. The boundaries of a subnucleus could sometimes be demarcated by a change in density of immunoreactive fibers between adjacent subnuclei. This was particularly evident in NTS subnuclei medialis dorsalis anterior centralis and lateralis parasolitarius, and in DMNX subnucleus posterior dorsalis magnocellularis. The selective distribution of peptide and serotonin immunoreactive fibers in various subnuclei of NTS-DMNX suggests that these substances may be differentially involved in neural circuits that mediate cardiovascular and gastrointestinal functions.
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- M L Berk
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia 25755-9350
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Canello M, Ravazio MR, Paschoalini MA, Marino-Neto J. Food deprivation- vs. intraventricular adrenaline-induced feeding and postprandial behaviors in the pigeon (Columba livia). Physiol Behav 1993; 54:1075-9. [PMID: 8295943 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(93)90327-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The present study was designed to investigate possible similarities between the feeding and postprandial behavioral profile observed after different periods of food deprivation and after intracerebroventricular (ICV) injections of adrenaline (A) (30 nmol/microliter) in satiated pigeons (Columba livia). The results indicate that the postprandial sleep-like behavior increases observed after A treatment are similar only to those observed after prolonged periods of fasting. These parallel behavioral effects are discussed as representing the product of similar levels of satiety signals, obtained after equivalent signaling of challenges to energy homeostasis, in both 96-h deprived and A-treated animals. Our data may also suggest that ICV A injections evoke a central state comparable to that of prolonged fasting, and that this neurotransmitter may participate as a chemical mediator in the regulation of food intake in the pigeon.
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- M Canello
- Department of Physiological Sciences-CCB, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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Bailhache T, Balthazart J. The catecholaminergic system of the quail brain: immunocytochemical studies of dopamine beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase. J Comp Neurol 1993; 329:230-56. [PMID: 8095939 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903290206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The distribution of dopamine beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase, two key enzymes in the biosynthesis of catecholamines, was investigated by immunocytochemistry in the brain of male and female Japanese quail. Cells or fibers showing dopamine beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity were considered to be noradrenergic or adrenergic, while all structures showing only tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity were tentatively considered to be dopaminergic. The major dopaminergic and noradrenergic cell groups that have been identified in the brain of mammals could be observed in the Japanese quail, with the exception of a tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic group. The dopamine beta-hydroxylase-immunoreactive cells were found exclusively in the pons (locus ceruleus and nucleus subceruleus ventralis) and in the medulla (area of the nucleus reticularis). The tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive cells had a much wider distribution and extended from the preoptic area to the level of the medulla. They were, however, present in larger numbers in the area ventralis of Tsai and in the nucleus tegmenti pedunculo-pontinus, pars compacta, which respectively correspond to the ventral tegmental area and to the substantia nigra of mammals. A high density of dopamine beta-hydroxylase- and tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibers and punctate structures was found in several steroid-sensitive brain regions that are implicated in the control of reproduction. In the preoptic area and in the region of the nucleus accumbens-nucleus stria terminalis, immunonegative perikarya were completely surrounded by immunoreactive fibers forming basket-like structures. Given that some of these cells contain the enzyme aromatase, these structures may represent the morphological substrate for a regulation of aromatase activity by catecholamines. The dopamine beta-hydroxylase-immunoreactive fibers were also present in a larger part of the preoptic area of females than in males. This sex difference in the noradrenergic innervation of the preoptic area presumably reflects the sex difference in norepinephrine content in this region.
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- T Bailhache
- Laboratory of General and Comparative Biochemistry, University of Liège, Belgium
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Berk ML, Smith SE, Mullins LA. Distribution, parabrachial region projection, and coexistence of neuropeptide and catecholamine cells of the nucleus of the solitary tract in the pigeon. J Comp Neurol 1993; 327:416-41. [PMID: 7680049 DOI: 10.1002/cne.903270308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The chemical nature of the cells of the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS) that project to the parabrachial nucleus (PB) was investigated in the pigeon by the use of fluorescent bead retrograde tracer and immunofluorescence for the detection of substance P (SP), leucine-enkephalin (LENK), cholecystokinin (CCK), neurotensin (NT), somatostatin (SS), and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Cells immunoreactive for CCK were located in subnuclei lateralis dorsalis pars anterior (LDa) and medialis superficialis pars posterior, and caudal NTS (cNTS); 22-26.5% of these cells were double-labeled bilaterally. Immunoreactive SP cells were found in ventral NTS subnuclei; 24-25% of these cells were double-labeled bilaterally. Cells immunoreactive for LENK and NT were concentrated in the anterior NTS; 5.5-7.5% of the LENK cells were double-labeled bilaterally, while 11% (ipsilateral) and 21% (contralateral) of the NT immunoreactive cells were double-labeled. Many SS immunoreactive cells were found in peripherally located subnuclei; 5.5-6.5% of these cells were double-labeled bilaterally. Catecholamine cells were distributed in LDa, peripheral subnuclei, and cNTS; 23% of these cells were double-labeled ipsilaterally and 8.5% contralaterally. A two-color double-labeling immunofluorescence technique revealed many cells immunoreactive for both NT and LENK, only a rare cell immunoreactive for both SS and SP, and no cells immunoreactive for both TH and SP. Cells immunoreactive for SP, CCK, NT, and TH are major contributors to NTS projections to PB. The confinement of these substances to specific NTS subnuclei, which receive visceral sensory information from specific organs, may contribute to the chemical encoding of ascending visceral information.
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- M L Berk
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia 25755-9350
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