Arginine Vasotocin Immunoreactivity in Hypothalamic and Extrahypothalamic Areas of an Amphibian Brain

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The distribution of arginine vasotocin immunoreactivity (irAVT) was investigated in the brain of male rough-skinned newts (Amphibia: Taricha granulosa)using microdissection and radioimmunoassay techniques. The highest levels of irAVT were observed in the neuroendocrine hypothalamo-hypophysial system. However, detectable quantities of irAVT (greater than 0.40 ng/mg protein) also were observed in extrahypothalamic areas such as pallium, amygdala, striatum and thalamic, tectal and brainstem nuclei. No irAVT was detected in the olfactory bulb, rostral telencephalon, or in specific areas of the caudal telencephalon and diencephalon. These results indicate that, in amphibians, AVT is distributed among a wide range of brain areas and that there is regional specificity in irAVT concentrations.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEN

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Neuroendocrinology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0028-3835

Title: Neuroendocrinology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0028-3835

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0194

Publication date Subscription-year: 1986

Publication date (Print): 1986

Publication date (Electronic): 01 April 2008

Volume: 42

Issue: 2

Pages: 120-123

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Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg., USA

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Publisher ID: 124261 Other ID: Neuroendocrinology 1986;42:120–123

DOI: 10.1159/000124261

PubMed ID: 3951668

SO-VID: ce12cb6a-81f0-43f5-a447-442e4aa121f1

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Date received : 04 December 1984

Date accepted : 11 March 1985

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