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The organization and hypothalamic projections of the tuberomammillary nucleus in the rat: an immunohistochemical study of adenosine deaminase-positive neurons and fibers.

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:The intense immunohistochemical reaction for the enzyme adenosine deaminase displayed by neurons in the tuberomammillary nucleus in the rat was used to study the distribution and morphology of cells comprising this nucleus, their fiber fields within the posterior hypothalamus and their projection pathways from the hypothalamus. Neurons immunoreactive for adenosine deaminase were found along ventricular and basal aspects of the hypothalamus from the level of the dorsomedial nucleus to the caudal pole of the mammillary body. Approximately 4500 neurons were seen on each side of the brain. Positive neurons showed a complex distribution, largely avoiding nuclear boundaries within the posterior basal hypothalamus and mammillary body. This distribution is mapped in detail and a nomenclature based on topography is introduced so that different regions of the cell distribution may be discussed more easily. Reactive neurons showed a Golgi-like staining which allowed careful study of their morphology. In general, neurons were large, with major axes of from 22 to 30 micron, and bipolar in shape. A second, smaller cell type, 14-16 micron in diameter was also seen and, although often less intensely stained, it was considered a constituent of tuberomammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus as well. Stained dendritic arbours extended considerable distances from the parent cell bodies and branched regularly. Dendrites showed very sparse spines and had an apparently scalloped surface. Features suggestive of varicose segments of dendrites were also noted. The long, smooth dendrites of positive neurons were often seen to aggregate into bundles which avoided nuclear boundaries and tended to collect adjacent to basal and ventricular surfaces of the posterior hypothalamus. Varicose fibers immunoreactive for adenosine deaminase formed a dense network within the hypothalamus. These fibers were considered to derive from the positive neurons in the tuberomammillary nucleus and were similar to adenosine deaminase-immunoreactive fibers seen throughout much of the rest of the brain. The density of this type of positive fiber was, however, much greater within the hypothalamus. The region of the posterior basal hypothalamus also contained relatively sparse populations of adenosine deaminase-positive fibers, apparently distinct from this network. These consisted of a field of fine fibers in the median division of the medial mammillary nucleus and a few large varicosities in the dorsolateral part of the median eminence.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)

journal_name

Neuroscience

journal_title

Neuroscience

authors

Staines WA,Daddona PE,Nagy JI

doi

10.1016/0306-4522(87)90077-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-11-01 00:00:00

pages

571-96

issue

eissn

0306-4522

issn

1873-7544

pii

0306-4522(87)90077-7

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The organization and hypothalamic projections of the tuberomammillary nucleus in the rat: an immunohistochemical study of adenosine deaminase-positive neurons and fibers.