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12084408

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-26
pubmed:abstractText
Polyclonal antibodies against vasotocin (AVT) and mesotocin (MST) were used to explore the distribution of these peptides in the brain of the snake Bothrops jararaca. Magnocellular AVT- and MST-immunoreactive (ir) perikarya were observed in the supraoptic nucleus (SON), being AVT-ir neurons more numerous. A portion of the SON, in the lateroventral margin of the diencephalon ventrally to optic tract, showed only AVT-ir perikarya and fibers. However, the caudal most portion displayed only mesotocinergic perikarya. Parvocellular and magnocellular AVT- and MST-ir perikarya were present in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) being AVT-ir fibers more abundant than MST-ir. Vasotocinergic perikarya were also found in a dorsolateral aggregation (DLA) far from the PVN. Mesotocinergic perikarya were also present in the recessus infundibular nucleus and ependyma near to paraventricular organ. Nerve fibers emerging from supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei run along the diencephalic floor, internal zone of the median eminence (ME) to end in the neural lobe. Also a dense network of AVT- and MST-ir fibers was present in the external zone of the ME, close to the vessels of the hypophysial portal system. As a rule, all regions having vasotocinergic and mesotocinergic perikarya also showed immunoreactive fibers. Vasotocinergic and mesotocinergic fibers but not perikarya were found in the lamina terminalis (LT). Moreover AVT-ir fibers were present in the nucleus accumbens and MST-ir fibers in the septum. In mesencephalon and rhombencephalon MST-ir fibers were more numerous than AVT-ir fibers. Vasotocinergic and mesotocinergic fibers in extrahypothalamic areas suggest that these peptides could function as neurotransmitters and/or neuromodulators in the snake B. jararaca.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0891-0618
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
The distribution of vasotocin and mesotocin immunoreactivity in the brain of the snake, Bothrops jararaca.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real Cádiz, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't