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Pineal influence on annual nuclear volume changes in ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) neurons of the male Wistar rat.

Abstract：

:The ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) regulates various autonomic, endocrine, and behavioral activities. These activities show annual changes, and the pineal gland is involved in their adjustment to environmental cues. Therefore, this study investigated whether the VMH belongs to the effector structures of the pineal gland. To abolish the rhythmic melatonin release, male Wistar rats were subjected to pinealectomy (PX) or ganglionectomy (sympathetic denervation of the pineal gland, GX) regularly at the beginning of any of the four seasons. Brains from animals of PX-, GX-, and sham-operated control groups were prepared 3 months later for measurement of the nuclear volume, which changes according to the general gene activity. At each of the four seasons, 2000 nuclei of VMH neurons stemming from 18 animals per group were measured to obtain both seasonal daily mean values and annual mean values, respectively, as well as to calculate annual curves of the nuclear volume using empirical regression and locally adjusted polynomial approximation. The major findings are the following. First, inactivation of the pineal function influences the nuclear activity of VMH neurons, (2) PX and GX mainly depress the nuclear activity, indicating that the pineal influence on the VMH may predominantly be a stimulatory one. Third, size and direction of the changes caused by PX and GX vary in a seasonally dependent manner. Fourth, the annual rhythm of the nuclear activity of the VMH is modified by PX and GX. To explain how the pineal effects on the VMH may be mediated, a possible inhibitory influence of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which has been activated in the same animals following both PX and GX, is discussed. In conclusion, the results confirm that the nuclear activity of VMH neurons underlies pineal influences. This also indicates an involvement of the pineal gland in many VMH-regulated functions.

journal_name

Chronobiol Int

journal_title

Chronobiology international

authors

Peschke D,Teichmann J,Peschke E

doi

10.1081/cbi-100101028

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-01-01 00:00:00

pages

15-28

issue

eissn

0742-0528

issn

1525-6073

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Pineal influence on annual nuclear volume changes in ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus (VMH) neurons of the male Wistar rat.