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Cranial nerve 13. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2019. [PMID: 31604543 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-63855-7.00009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Contrary to popular belief, there are 13 cranial nerves. The thirteenth cranial nerve, commonly referred to as the nervus terminalis or terminal nerve, is a highly conserved multifaceted nerve found just above the olfactory bulbs in humans and most vertebrate species. In most forms its fibers course from the rostral portion of the brain to the olfactory and nasal epithelia. Although there are differing perspectives as to what constitutes this nerve, in most species GnRH-immunoreactive neurons appear to be its defining feature. The involvement of this trophic peptide, as well as the nerve's association with the development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, suggest a primary role in reproductive development and, in humans, disorders such as Kallmann syndrome. In some species, this enigmatic nerve appears to influence sensory processing, sexual behavior, autonomic and vasomotor control, and pathogenic defense (via secretion of nitric oxide). In this review, we provide a general overview of what is known about this neglected cranial nerve, with the goal of informing neurologists and neuroscientists of its presence and the need for its further study.
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Yáñez J, Folgueira M, Köhler E, Martínez C, Anadón R. Connections of the terminal nerve and the olfactory system in two galeomorph sharks: an experimental study using a carbocyanine dye. J Comp Neurol 2012; 519:3202-17. [PMID: 21618231 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In elasmobranchs the terminal nerve courses separately from the olfactory nerve. This characteristic makes elasmobranchs excellent models to study the anatomy and function of these two systems. Here we study the neural connections of the terminal nerve and olfactory system in two sharks by experimental tracing methods using carbocyanine dyes. The main projections from the terminal nerve system (consisting of three ganglia in Scyliorhinus canicula) course ipsilaterally to the medial septal nucleus and bilaterally to the ventromedial telencephalic pallial region. Minor terminal nerve projections were also traced ipsilaterally to diencephalic and mesencephalic levels. With regard to the olfactory connections, our results show that in sharks, unlike ray-finned fishes, the primary olfactory projections are mainly restricted to the olfactory bulb. We also performed tracer application to the olfactory bulb in order to analyze the possible central neuroanatomical relationship between the projections of the terminal nerve and the olfactory bulb. In these experiments labeled neurons and fibers were observed from telencephalic to caudal mesencephalic regions. However, we observe almost no overlap between the two systems at central levels. The afferent and the putatively efferent connections of the dogfish olfactory bulb are compared with those previously reported in other elasmobranchs. The significance of the extratelencephalic secondary olfactory projections is also discussed in a comparative context.
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- Julián Yáñez
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of A Coruña, E-15008 A Coruña, Spain.
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Moeller JF, Meredith M. Differential co-localization with choline acetyltransferase in nervus terminalis suggests functional differences for GnRH isoforms in bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo). Brain Res 2010; 1366:44-53. [PMID: 20950589 PMCID: PMC2993777 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Revised: 10/05/2010] [Accepted: 10/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The nervus terminalis (NT) is a vertebrate cranial nerve whose function in adults is unknown. In bonnethead sharks, the nerve is anatomically independent of the olfactory system, with two major cell populations within one or more ganglia along its exposed length. Most cells are immunoreactive for either gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) or RF-amide-like peptides. To define further the cell populations and connectivity, we used double-label immunocytochemistry with antisera to different isoforms of GnRH and to choline acetyltransferase (ChAT). The labeling patterns of two GnRH antisera revealed different populations of GnRH-immunoreactive (ir) cell profiles in the NT ganglion. One antiserum labeled a large group of cells and fibers, which likely contain mammalian GnRH (GnRH-I) as described in previous studies and which were ChAT immunoreactive. The other antiserum labeled large club-like structures, which were anuclear, and a sparse number of fibers, but with no clear labeling of cell bodies in the ganglion. These club structures were choline acetyltrasferase (ChAT)-negative, and preabsorption control tests suggest they may contain chicken-GnRH-II (GnRH-II) or dogfish GnRH. The second major NT ganglion cell-type was immunoreactive for RF-amides, which regulate GnRH release in other vertebrates, and may provide an intraganglionic influence on GnRH release. The immunocytochemical and anatomical differences between the two GnRH-immunoreactive profile types indicate possible functional differences for these isoforms in the NT. The club-like structures may be sites of GnRH release into the general circulation since these structures were observed near blood vessels and resembled structures seen in the median eminence of rats.
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- John F. Moeller
- Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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- Program in Neuroscience, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
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Kawai T, Oka Y, Eisthen H. The role of the terminal nerve and GnRH in olfactory system neuromodulation. Zoolog Sci 2010; 26:669-80. [PMID: 19832678 DOI: 10.2108/zsj.26.669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Animals must regulate their sensory responsiveness appropriately with respect to their internal and external environments, which is accomplished in part via centrifugal modulatory pathways. In the olfactory sensory system, responsiveness is regulated by neuromodulators released from centrifugal fibers into the olfactory epithelium and bulb. Among the modulators known to modulate neural activity of the olfactory system, one of the best understood is gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). This is because GnRH derives mainly from the terminal nerve (TN), and the TN-GnRH system has been suggested to function as a neuromodulator in wide areas of the brain, including the olfactory bulb. In the present article we examine the modulatory roles of the TN and GnRH in the olfactory epithelium and bulb as a model for understanding the ways in which olfactory responses can be tuned to the internal and external environments.
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- Takafumi Kawai
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Edwards JG, Greig A, Sakata Y, Elkin D, Michel WC. Cholinergic innervation of the zebrafish olfactory bulb. J Comp Neurol 2008; 504:631-45. [PMID: 17722029 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A number of fish species receive forebrain cholinergic input but two recent reports failed to find evidence of cholinergic cell bodies or fibers in the olfactory bulbs (OBs) of zebrafish. In the current study we sought to confirm these findings by examining the OBs of adult zebrafish for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) immunoreactivity. We observed a diffuse network of varicose ChAT-positive fibers associated with the nervus terminalis ganglion innervating the mitral cell/glomerular layer (MC/GL). The highest density of these fibers occurred in the anterior region of the bulb. The cellular targets of this cholinergic input were identified by exposing isolated OBs to acetylcholine receptor (AChR) agonists in the presence of agmatine (AGB), a cationic probe that permeates some active ion channels. Nicotine (50 microM) significantly increased the activity-dependent labeling of mitral cells and juxtaglomerular cells but not of tyrosine hydroxlase-positive dopaminergic neurons (TH(+) cells) compared to control preparations. The nAChR antagonist mecamylamine, an alpha7-nAChR subunit-specific antagonist, calcium-free artificial cerebrospinal fluid, or a cocktail of ionotropic glutamate receptor (iGluR) antagonists each blocked nicotine-stimulated labeling, suggesting that AGB does not enter the labeled neurons through activated nAChRs but rather through activated iGluRs following ACh-stimulated glutamate release. Deafferentation of OBs did not eliminate nicotine-stimulated labeling, suggesting that cholinergic input is primarily acting on bulbar neurons. These findings confirm the presence of a functioning cholinergic system in the zebrafish OB.
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- Jeffrey G Edwards
- University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1297, USA
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Mousley A, Polese G, Marks NJ, Eisthen HL. Terminal nerve-derived neuropeptide y modulates physiological responses in the olfactory epithelium of hungry axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum). J Neurosci 2006; 26:7707-17. [PMID: 16855098 PMCID: PMC1855265 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1977-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The vertebrate brain actively regulates incoming sensory information, effectively filtering input and focusing attention toward environmental stimuli that are most relevant to the animal's behavioral context or physiological state. Such centrifugal modulation has been shown to play an important role in processing in the retina and cochlea, but has received relatively little attention in olfaction. The terminal nerve, a cranial nerve that extends underneath the lamina propria surrounding the olfactory epithelium, displays anatomical and neurochemical characteristics that suggest that it modulates activity in the olfactory epithelium. Using immunocytochemical techniques, we demonstrate that neuropeptide Y (NPY) is abundantly present in the terminal nerve in the axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum), an aquatic salamander. Because NPY plays an important role in regulating appetite and hunger in many vertebrates, we investigated the possibility that NPY modulates activity in the olfactory epithelium in relation to the animal's hunger level. We therefore characterized the full-length NPY gene from axolotls to enable synthesis of authentic axolotl NPY for use in electrophysiological experiments. We find that axolotl NPY modulates olfactory epithelial responses evoked by l-glutamic acid, a food-related odorant, but only in hungry animals. Similarly, whole-cell patch-clamp recordings demonstrate that bath application of axolotl NPY enhances the magnitude of a tetrodotoxin-sensitive inward current, but only in hungry animals. These results suggest that expression or activity of NPY receptors in the olfactory epithelium may change with hunger level, and that terminal nerve-derived peptides modulate activity in the olfactory epithelium in response to an animal's changing behavioral and physiological circumstances.
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Pinelli C, D'Aniello B, Polese G, Rastogi RK. Extrabulbar olfactory system and nervus terminalis FMRFamide immunoreactive components in Xenopus laevis ontogenesis. J Chem Neuroanat 2004; 28:37-46. [PMID: 15363489 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2004.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2003] [Revised: 02/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The extrabulbar olfactory system (EBOS) is a collection of nerve fibers which originate from primary olfactory receptor-like neurons and penetrate into the brain bypassing the olfactory bulbs. Our description is based upon the application of two neuronal tracers (biocytin, carbocyanine DiI) in the olfactory sac, at the cut end of the olfactory nerve and in the telencephalon of the developing clawed frog. The extrabulbar olfactory system was observed already at stage 45, which is the first developmental stage compatible with our techniques; at this stage, the extrabulbar olfactory system fibers terminated diffusely in the preoptic area. A little later in development, i.e. at stage 50, the extrabulbar olfactory system was maximally developed, extending as far caudally as the rhombencephalon. In the metamorphosing specimens, the extrabulbar olfactory system appeared reduced in extension; caudally, the fiber terminals did not extend beyond the diencephalon. While a substantial overlapping of biocytin/FMRFamide immunoreactivity was observed along the olfactory pathways as well as in the telencephalon, FMRFamide immunoreactivity was never observed to be colocalized in the same cellular or fiber components visualized by tracer molecules. The question whether the extrabulbar olfactory system and the nervus terminalis (NT) are separate anatomical entities or represent an integrated system is discussed.
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- Claudia Pinelli
- Department of Life Sciences, Second University of Naples, I-81100 Caserta, Italy
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Park D, Eisthen HL. Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) modulates odorant responses in the peripheral olfactory system of axolotls. J Neurophysiol 2003; 90:731-8. [PMID: 12672784 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01162.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Peripheral signal modulation plays an important role in sensory processing. Activity in the vertebrate olfactory epithelium may be modulated by peptides released from the terminal nerve, such as gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH). Here, we demonstrate that GnRH modulates odorant responses in aquatic salamanders (axolotls, Ambystoma mexicanum). We recorded electrical field potentials (electro-olfactograms, or EOGs) in response to stimulation with four different amino acid odorants, L-lysine, L-methionine, L-cysteine, and L-glutamic acid. EOG responses were recorded from the main olfactory epithelium before, during, and after application of 10 microM GnRH. This protocol was repeated for a total of three trials with 60-80 min between trials. The effect of GnRH on EOG responses was broadly similar across odorants and across trials. In general, EOG responses were reduced to 79% of the initial magnitude during application of GnRH; in some trials in which glutamic acid served as the odorant, EOG responses were enhanced during the wash period. Although the 4-min inter-stimulus interval did not lead to adaptation of EOG responses during the first trial, we frequently observed evidence of adaptation during the second and third trials. In addition, we found that lower concentrations of GnRH produced a smaller effect. These results demonstrate that GnRH can modulate odorant responses in the peripheral olfactory system.
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- Daesik Park
- Department of Zoology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Wirsig-Wiechmann CR, Wiechmann AF, Eisthen HL. What defines the nervus terminalis? Neurochemical, developmental, and anatomical criteria. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2003; 141:45-58. [PMID: 12508560 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(02)41083-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- Celeste R Wirsig-Wiechmann
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 940 S.L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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Wirsig-Wiechmann CR, Oka Y. The terminal nerve ganglion cells project to the olfactory mucosa in the dwarf gourami. Neurosci Res 2002; 44:337-41. [PMID: 12413662 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(02)00150-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Single- and double-label immunocytochemical studies were conducted using antisera to salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) and molluscan cardioexcitatory peptide (FMRFamide) to determine whether terminal nerve ganglion cells project to the olfactory mucosa in the dwarf gourami, Colisa lalia. Both peptides were present in terminal nerve ganglion perikarya and fibers in brain and nasal cavity. Labeled fibers were present in the olfactory nerve and could be traced to the olfactory mucosa. All terminal nerve ganglion cells contained both sGnRH and FMRFamide-like peptides. This study suggests that the terminal nerve ganglion cells can influence both brain and chemoreceptive structures.
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- Celeste R Wirsig-Wiechmann
- Department of Cell Biology, Health Sciences Center, University of Oklahoma, PO Box 26901, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
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The ontogeny and organization of the terminal nerve (TN) during turbot development was studied using an antiserum to neuropeptide Y. First immunoreactive cells were detected in the olfactory placode at hatching time. At 1 day after hatching, a loose group of labeled neurons form an extracranial primordial ganglion of the TN. During the subsequent larval development, more perikarya displaying increased immunoreactivity were found along the course of the olfactory nerve. Moreover, labeled cells cross the meninx of the forebrain gathering in the olfactory bulb of larval turbot. Projections from these cells, directed both to the caudal brain and to the retina, develop when the cells become established in the olfactory bulb. The generation of immunoreactive cells in the olfactory organ extends into the metamorphic period, when a pronounced asymmetry affects the turbot morphology. At this time, the topological location of the immunoreactive cells in the TN becomes distorted. This developmental pattern was compared with those found in other teleosts and in other vertebrates. Preabsorption experiments of anti-neuropeptide Y serum with neuropeptide Y and FMRF-amide suggests that immunoreactive material observed in TN cells was not neuropeptide Y, and raises the possibility that other peptides, e.g. FMRF-amide-like peptides, exist in this neural system.
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- B Prego
- Department of Functional Biology, Laboratory of Cell Biology, University of Vigo, 36200, Vigo, Spain
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Fiorentino M, D'Aniello B, Joss J, Polese G, Rastogi RK. Ontogenetic organization of the FMRFamide immunoreactivity in the nervus terminalis of the lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri. J Comp Neurol 2002; 450:115-21. [PMID: 12124756 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The development of the nervus terminalis system in the lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, was investigated by using FMRFamide as a marker. FMRFamide immunoreactivity appears first within the brain, in the dorsal hypothalamus at a stage around hatching. At a slightly later stage, immunoreactivity appears in the olfactory mucosa. These immunoreactive cells move outside the olfactory organ to form the ganglion of the nervus terminalis. Immunoreactive processes emerge from the ganglion of the nervus terminalis in two directions, one which joins the olfactory nerve to travel to the brain and the other which courses below the brain to enter at the level of the preoptic nucleus. Neither the ganglion of the nervus terminalis nor the two branches of the nervus terminalis form after surgical removal of the olfactory placode at a stage before the development of FMRFamide immunoreactivity external to the brain. Because this study has confirmed that the nervus terminalis in lungfish comprises both an anterior and a posterior branch, it forms the basis for discussion of homology between these branches and the nervus terminalis of other anamniote vertebrates.
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Koza JM, Wirsig-Wiechmann CR. A subpopulation of nervus terminalis neurons projects to the olfactory mucosa in Xenopus laevis. J Neurosci Res 2001; 66:8-15. [PMID: 11598997 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Biocytin application to the normal or zinc sulfate-treated nasal cavity of Xenopus laevis was used to trace retrogradely neurons associated with the terminal nerve (TN). Immunocytochemistry was conducted to identify the relationship of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunoreactive (GnRH-ir) TN neurons with biocytin-labeled neurons. Neurons that accumulated biocytin were located in olfactory nerve fascicles close to the olfactory mucosa lining the caudal, medial, and rostral walls of the principal cavity. GnRH-ir fibers were observed only in the olfactory nerve fascicle projecting to the rostral edge of the principal cavity. In addition, GnRH-ir fibers did not contact biocytin-labeled TN neurons. We hypothesize that these two classes of neurons represent separate components of the TN.
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- J M Koza
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The terminal nerve is an anterior cranial nerve that innervates the lamina propria of the chemosensory epithelia of the nasal cavity. The function of the terminal nerve is ambiguous, but it has been suggested to serve a neuromodulatory role. We tested this hypothesis by exposing olfactory receptor neurons from mudpuppies (Necturus maculosus) to a peptide, gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), that is found in cells and fibers of the terminal nerve. We used voltage-clamped whole-cell recordings to examine the effects of 0. 5-50 micrometer GnRH on voltage-activated currents in olfactory receptor neurons from epithelial slices. We found that GnRH increases the magnitude, but does not alter the kinetics, of a tetrodotoxin-sensitive inward current. This increase in magnitude generally begins 5-10 min after initial exposure to GnRH, is sustained for at least 60 min during GnRH exposure, and recovers to baseline within 5 min after GnRH is washed off. This effect occurred in almost 60% of the total number of olfactory receptor neurons examined and appeared to be seasonal: approximately 67% of neurons responded to GnRH during the courtship and mating season, compared with approximately 33% during the summer, when the sexes separate. GnRH also appears to alter an outward current in the same cells. Taken together, these data suggest that GnRH increases the excitability of olfactory receptor neurons and that the terminal nerve functions to modulate the odorant sensitivity of olfactory receptor neurons.
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Moeller JF, Meredith M. Increase in gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) levels in CSF after stimulation of the nervus terminalis in Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina. Brain Res 1998; 806:104-7. [PMID: 9739116 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(98)00683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The nervus terminalis (NT) contains many cells immunoreactive to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). The potential of the NT to release GnRH in vivo was investigated by stimulating the peripheral nerve trunk of Atlantic stingrays and collecting cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The CSF samples from stimulated animals averaged about twice the levels of mGnRH-like peptide as those of unstimulated animals. These results demonstrate that nervus terminalis activity can effect in vivo GnRH levels in the brain.
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- J F Moeller
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4340, USA.
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The vomeronasal organ (VNO) originates from the medial wall of the olfactory pit shortly after the middle of the embryonic period in mammals. The Anlage stage consists of a cellular bud that grows dorsally, caudally, and towards the midline leaving a groove. The following stage, Early Morphogenesis, includes the closure of the vomeronasal groove to form a parasagittal blind-ended tube in the nasal septum, which opens into the nasal and/or oral cavities. The lumen adopts a crescent shape while the epithelial lining differentiates into an increasingly wider epithelium on the concave side and a gradually thinner epithelium on the convex side. The former goes on to occupy a medial position and develops neuroblasts among supporting and undifferentiated cells, with supporting cell nuclei tending to align in the upper rows. The lateral "non-sensory" epithelium furrows, giving a kidney-shaped appearance to the VNO cross section. The next stage, Late Morphogenesis is extended up to a difference in thickness between both epithelia becomes similar to the adult, generally by birth. An increasing number of ciliary generation complexes, larger and more abundant microvilli, and an evident glycocalyx are observed in the neuroepithelium at the luminal surface, while enzymatic activities become more intense. The non-sensory epithelium appears quite mature save for its luminal surface, which is still devoid of cilia. Blood capillaries penetrate the most basal region of the neuroepithelium and vomeronasal glands are very few and immature. At birth, some neurons appear well developed to support certain functionality; however, persistence of architectural, histochemical, and ultrastructural signs of immaturity, suggests that full performance of the VNO does not occur in newborn mammals, but in prepubertal ages.
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- M Garrosa
- Department of Cell Biology and Institute of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valladolid, Spain
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Tobet SA, Sower SA, Schwarting GA. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone containing neurons and olfactory fibers during development: from lamprey to mammals. Brain Res Bull 1997; 44:479-86. [PMID: 9370214 DOI: 10.1016/s0361-9230(97)00229-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH) regulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in all vertebrates. The vast majority of GnRH neurons are thought to be derived from progenitor cells in medial olfactory placodes. Several antibodies and lectins that recognize cell surface carbohydrates have been useful for delineating the migratory pathway from the olfactory placodes and vomeronasal organ, through the nasal compartment, and across the cribriform plate into the brain. In rats, alpha-galactosyl-linked glycoconjugates (immunoreactive with the CC2 monoclonal antibody) are expressed on fibers along the GnRH migration pathway and approximately 10% of the GnRH neuronal population. In lamprey, the alpha-galactosyl binding lectin, Grifonia simplicifolia-I (GS-1), identifies cells and fibers of the developing olfactory system. In contrast to the CC2 immunoreactive GnRH neurons in rats, the GS-1 does not label a subpopulation of presumptive GnRH neurons in lamprey. Results from these and other experiments suggest that GnRH neurons in developing lamprey do not originate within the olfactory placode, but rather within proliferative zones of the diencephalon. However, the overlap of olfactory- and GnRH-containing fibers from prolarval stages to metamorphosis, suggest that olfactory stimuli may play a major role in the regulation of GnRH secretion in lamprey throughout life. By contrast, olfactory fibers are directly relevant to the migration of GnRH neurons from the olfactory placodes in mammalian species. Primary interactions between olfactory fibers and GnRH neurons are likely transient in mammals, and so in later life olfactory modulation of GnRH secretion is likely to be indirect.
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- S A Tobet
- Program in Neuroscience, The Shriver Center and Harvard Medical School, Waltham, MA 02254, USA
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Verney C, el Amraoui A, Zecevic N. Comigration of tyrosine hydroxylase- and gonadotropin-releasing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the nasal area of human embryos. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1996; 97:251-9. [PMID: 8997509 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(96)00147-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunoreactive (IR) central catecholaminergic neurons have been observed in human CNS from 4.5 gestational weeks (g.w.) on [Verney, C., Zecevic, N. and Puelles, L. Eur. J. Neurosci., Suppl. 8 (1995) 7044; Zecevic, N. and Verney, C., J. Comp, Neurol., 351 (1995) 509-535]. We describe here a discrete TH-IR cell population localized in the rostral nasal region during embryonic development. Tyrosine hydroxylase-IR cells spread from the olfactory placode towards the basal and medial telencephalon. They follow the same migration path as the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-IR hypothalamic neurons. Tyrosine hydroxylase-IR neurons are first detected at 4.5 g.w., while GnRH-IR cells are visualized later at 5.5 g.w. Double immunocytochemical labeling reveals the presence of three neuronal populations comigrating along the developing vomeronasal-nervus terminalis complex. These populations express either one or both TH and GnRH phenotypes depending on their position in the migration route. At 6 g.w., most of the neurons express TH immunoreactivity as they leave the vomeronasal organ whereas most of the GnRH-IR neurons are detected closer to the CNS and in the CNS itself. These results emphasize the early phenotypic heterogeneity of the different migrating neuronal populations generated in the olfactory placode in humans. At later stages, very few TH-IR neurons are detected in the anterior forebrain suggesting a transient expression of TH immunoreactivity within these neuronal populations.
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- C Verney
- INSERM U.106, Hôpital Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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Tobet SA, Chickering TW, Sower SA. Relationship of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons to the olfactory system in developing lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). J Comp Neurol 1996; 376:97-111. [PMID: 8946286 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19961202)376:1<97::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
Gonadotropin releasing-hormone (GnRH) regulates the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis in vertebrates. The regulation of GnRH is intimately related to information from the olfactory system. Additionally, GnRH neurons are thought to be derived from progenitor cells in medial olfactory placodes. The present experiments were conducted to characterize the earliest development of GnRH neurons in lamprey and to determine their relationship to cells and fibers derived from the olfactory system. Eggs from fertile adult sea lamprey were fertilized in the laboratory, and larvae were maintained for up to 100 days. GnRH neurons were visualized within the lamprey preoptic area and hypothalamus as soon as GnRH was detectable (22 days after fertilization). The number of neurons increased with age through day 100. GnRH neurons were never seen within the olfactory system. The cells and fibers of the olfactory system were identified using the lectin, Grifonia Simplicifolia-1 (GS-1). Overlap between the olfactory and GnRH systems were at the level of fiber projections. GS-1 reactive cells of apparent placodal origin did not enter the region of the preoptic area or hypothalamus that contained GnRH neurons. Recently divided cells were labeled with the thymidine analog, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). The positions of BrdU-labeled cells after different survival times suggest a predominant medial-lateral radial neuron migration with a small number in positions suggestive of migration between the olfactory epithelium and the telencephalic lobes. Regardless of survival time, these cells were always found close to their entry point into the brain, suggesting minimal rostral-caudal migration. Based on these results, we hypothesize that GnRH neurons in developing lamprey originate within proliferative zones of the diencephalon and not in the olfactory system. Based on the overlap of olfactory- and GnRH-containing fibers from prolarval stages to metamorphosis, olfactory stimuli may play a major role in the regulation of GnRH secretion in lamprey.
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Affiliation(s)
- S A Tobet
- Program in Neuroscience, Shriver Center, Waltham, Massachusetts 02254, USA.
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