The distribution of neuropeptide Y and dynorphin immunoreactivity in the brain and pituitary gland of the platyfish,Xiphophorus maculatus,from birth to sexual maturity |
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Authors: | Lucia Magliulo Cepriano Martin P Schreibman |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 11210 Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Immunoreactive neuropeptide Y and dynorphin have been localized in the brain and pituitary gland of the platyfish, Xiphophorus maculatus, at different ages and stages of development from birth to sexual maturity. Immunoreactive neuropeptide Y was found in perikarya and tracts of the nucleus olfactoretinalis, telencephalon, ventral tegmentum and in the neurohypophysis and in the three regions of the adenohypophysis. Immunoreactive dynorphin was found in nerve tracts in the olfactory bulb and in cells of the pars intermedia and the rostral pars distalis of the pituitary gland. |
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Keywords: | Neuropeptide Y Dynorphin Brain Pituitary Sexual maturation Xiphophorus maculatus (Teleostei) |
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