Immunohistochemical localization of cholecystokinin in the medial preoptic area and anterior hypothalamus of the Brazilian gray short-tailed opossum: A sex difference
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurobiology
- Vol. 21 (5) , 705-718
- https://doi.org/10.1002/neu.480210505
Abstract
We have studied the anatomical localization of cholecystokinin-like immunoreactivity (CCK IR) in somata and fibers in the medial preoptic area (MPA) and anterior hypothalamus (AH) of the Brazilian gray shorttailed opossum, (Monodelphis domestica). With the aid of an avidin-biotin, nickel-enhanced, immunohistochemical technique, CCK IR neuronal elements were found within the MPA and AH. A large number of CCK IR cell bodies were located in the MPA of colchicine-treated opossums. The MPA also contained a CCK IR fiber plexus. Quantitative image analysis revealed that the periventricular preoptic area of noncolchicine-treated male opossums had a significantly higher percent of blocked light measurements than that of the noncolchicine-treated females, indicating a higher density of CCK IR neuronal elements in the males. Neuronal fibers and somata containing CCK IR were also found within the periventricular hypothalamic nucleus (Pe), and the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCh). These results show that CCK IR neuronal elements are found within the MPA and AH of the Brazilian short-tailed opossum. Furthermore, there is a sexually dimorphic distribution of CCK IR elements within the MPA of this small marsupial.This publication has 51 references indexed in Scilit:
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