Growth hormone-releasing hormone and somatostatin neurons within the porcine and bovine hypothalamus.
Neuroendocrinology
; 59(3): 251-64, 1994 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-7909143
ABSTRACT
Hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatotropin release-inhibiting factor or somatostatin (SS) immunoreactive (ir) neurons were localized in pigs (n = 8) and cattle (n = 7) to identify neuroanatomical sites involved in the regulation of growth hormone secretion. Coronal and sagittal frozen sections (30-60 microns) of Zamboni's fixed hypothalamic tissue, without prior colchicine treatment were incubated with GHRH or SS primary antisera for 48 h, then visualized by peroxidase-diaminobenzidine immunocytochemistry. Fusiform, bipolar SS-ir perikarya were located about the third ventricle in the periventricular nucleus, extending from rostral aspects of preoptic periventricular nucleus to a level approximate with caudal regions of the paraventricular nucleus. Rounded or fusiform, bipolar GHRH-ir perikarya were mostly located in ventrolateral portions of the arcuate nucleus in pigs and cattle, and within ventral aspects of the ventromedial nucleus in pigs but rarely in cattle. In both pigs and cattle, SS-ir and GHRH-ir fibers projected ventrally into the median eminence with dense and overlapping innervation of the external layer, especially dense in lateral regions. In pigs, but not as distinguishable in cattle, SS-ir fibers also densely innervated the ventromedial and arcuate hypothalamic nuclei. Double immunostained sections revealed close apposition of SS-ir fibers and varicosities with GHRH-ir perikarya in arcuate and ventromedial nuclei, and apposition of SS-ir and GHRH-ir varicosities in the median eminence.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Somatostatina
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Hormona Liberadora de Hormona del Crecimiento
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Hipotálamo
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Neuronas
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuroendocrinology
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article