Distribution of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide-like and Neurophysin-like Immunoreactive Neurons and Acetylcholinesterase Staining in the Ring Dove Hypothalamus with Emphasis on the Question of an Avian Suprachiasmatic Nucleus

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Journal Cell Tissue Res

Specialties Anatomy & Histology
Cell Biology

Date 1990 Feb 1

PMID 2337926

Citations 6

Authors

R B Norgren Jr

R Silver

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Abstract

Two nuclei, termed here the medial hypothalamic nucleus and the lateral hypothalamic retinorecipient nucleus, are possible homologs of the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus. As the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus is characterized by a dense concentration of vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)- and neurophysin (NP)-immunoreactive neurons and an absence of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) staining, we decided to examine these factors in the ring dove hypothalamus. Neither the medial hypothalamic nucleus nor the lateral hypothalamic retinorecipient nucleus contained either VIP- or NP-like immunoreactive neurons. The lateral hypothalamic retinorecipient nucleus stained darkly for AChE. Although there was some overlap in the distribution of VIP- and NP-like immunoreactive neurons, a clustering of both types into a well defined nucleus was not observed. Therefore, an avian homolog to the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus must differ in its chemoarchitecture from that of mammalian species described to date.

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