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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-7-15
pubmed:abstractText
The immunocytochemical localization of corticotropin releasing factor (CRF)-containing pathways projecting from the paraventricular nucleus (PVN) to the external layer of the median eminence (ME) in long-term hypophysectomized or adrenalectomized rats is described. Immunocytochemistry was followed by silver intensification of the diaminobenzidine end-product. In comparison with untreated control rats, both hypophysectomy and adrenalectomy resulted in a dramatic increase in immunostaining of the CRF-containing perikarya and fibers, particularly those originating from the PVN and terminating in the ME. The staining was more intense in adrenalectomized than in hypophysectomized rats. The CRF-positive fibers emerging from the PVN form a medial, an intermediate and a lateral fiber pathway. The lateral and intermediate CRF tracts leave the dorsolateral part of the PVN and course laterally and medially of the fornix, respectively, then ventrally toward the optic tract. Just dorsal to the optic tract they turn in caudal direction and run parallel with and very close to the basal surface of the hypothalamus; individual fibers then turn medially to terminate in the external layer of the ME. Only a few fibers originate from the medial-ventral part of the PVN (medial pathway). These fibers run in ventral direction along the walls of the 3rd ventricle and terminate in the ME. Thus the majority of CRF fibers, similarly to other peptidergic systems, reach the medial basal hypothalamus from the anterolateral direction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0167-0115
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
295-305
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
The paraventriculo-infundibular corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) pathway as revealed by immunocytochemistry in long-term hypophysectomized or adrenalectomized rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.