A SUBPOPULATION OF CORTICOTOPIN-RELEASING HORMONE NEUROSECRETORY-CELLS IN THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS ALSO CONTAIN NADPH-DIAPHORASE

Authors
SIAUD P MEKAOUCHE M IXART G BALMEFREZOL M GIVALOIS L BARBANEL G ASSENMACHER I
Citation
P. Siaud et al., A SUBPOPULATION OF CORTICOTOPIN-RELEASING HORMONE NEUROSECRETORY-CELLS IN THE PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS ALSO CONTAIN NADPH-DIAPHORASE, Neuroscience letters, 170(1), 1994, pp. 51-54
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Neuroscience letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03043940
Volume
170
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
51 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-3940(1994)170:1<51:ASOCHN>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The coexistence of ND with CRH 41 was explored in the parvicellular ne urons of the PVN, using dual histochemical and radioimmunocytochemical labelling with the light microscope, in rats treated with colchicine. Even though the ND staining was scarce, a clear colocalization was ev idenced in the parivcellular part of the PVN. Under these conditions, the ratio of neurons expressing both markers, ND and CRH, amounted abo ut 15% of the CRH-containing neuron population. This result provides a useful tool to study morphological plastic changes in the PVN in resp onse to environmental variations.