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Vasopressin-immunoreactive cells in the dorsomedial hypothalamic region,medial amygdaloid nucleus and locus coeruleus of the rat
Authors:A. R. Caffé  F. W. van Leeuwen
Affiliation:(1) Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(2) Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, IJdijk 28, 1095 KJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
Summary Recently, the existence of a vasopressin-immunoreactive cell group was described in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (van Leeuwen and Caffé 1983). In the present investigation additional nuclei containing vasopressin-immunoreactive cells were found, after colchicine pretreatment, in the dorsomedial hypothalamus, medial amygdaloid nucleus and the locus coeruleus.Vasopressin-immunoreactive cells in the dorsomedial hypothalamus and medial amygdaloid nucleus are small (8–14 mgrm and 10–14 mgrm, respectively), while those in the locus coeruleus are medium-sized (20–25 mgrm). Incubation with anti-bovine neurophysin II and anti-rat neurophysin revealed staining of the same cell group in the above-mentioned areas. None of these cell groups show stained cells after incubation with anti-oxytocin and anti-bovine neurophysin I. When sections of the homozygous Brattleboro rat, which shows a deficiency in vasopressin synthesis, are incubated with anti-vasopressin, anti-bovine neurophysin II, or anti-rat neurophysin, no immunoreactivity can be observed in these brain regions.The above-mentioned cell groups may contribute to the vasopressinergic innervation of brain sites that have been reported to persist after lesioning of the suprachiasmatic, paraventricular and bed nuclei of the stria terminalis.
Keywords:Immunocytochemistry  Vasopressin  Dorsomedial hypothalamus  Amygdala  Locus coeruleus
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