Distribution of arginine vasotocin in the brain of the lizard Anolis carolinensis |
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Authors: | Catherine R Propper Richard E Jones Kristin H Lopez |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Comparative Reproduction, Department of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, 80309-0334 Boulder, CO, USA;(2) Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Box 5640, 86011 Flagstaff, AZ, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The distribution of immunoreactive arginine vasotocin (AVT-ir) was determined in the brain of the lizard Anolis carolinensis. Cells and fibers containing AVT-ir were found in the medial septal region, lamina terminalis, lateral forebrain bundle, preoptic area, supraoptic nucleus, anterior hypothalamus, paraventricular nucleus, periventricular nucleus, arcuate nucleus, and ventromedial nucleus of the thalamus. Occasional AVT-ir cells were found in the interpeduncular nucleus. Fibers containing AVT-ir were found in the cortex, around the olfactory ventricle, in the diagonal band of Broca, amygdala area, dorsal ventricular ridge, striatum, nucleus accumbens, septum, ventromedial hypothalamus, lateral hypothalamus, medial forebrain bundle, median eminence, pars nervosa, nucleus of the solitary tract, locus coeruleus, cerebellar cortex (granular layer), dorsal part of the nucleus of the lateral lemniscus, substantia nigra, and myelencephalon. The intensity of AVT-ir staining was, in general, greater in males than in females. Comparison of AVT-ir distribution in A. carolinensis with those previously published for other reptilian species revealed species-specific differences in distribution of AVT. |
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Keywords: | Arginine vasotocin Brain reptilian Anolis carolinensis (Lacertilia) |
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