Ultrastructural immunocytochemical localization of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) in the median eminence of the guinea pig.
LH-RH was localized at the ultrastructural level in axons and nerve terminals of the median eminence of the male guinea pig. LH-RH positive neuronal profiles were most concentrated in the medial-dorsal aspect of the infundibular stalk and in the post-infundibular median eminence at the level immediately following separation of the stalk from the base of the brain. LH-RH containing axon profiles were most abundant in the palisade zone; nerve terminals in contact with the hypophysial portal vasculature were relatively rare. The hormone was present within granules that measured 900-1,200 A in axons of the palisade zone and 400-800 A in nerve terminals abutting on the portal plexus. The differently sized granules represent heterogeneous populations.
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000032:analysis; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000032:analysis*; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008473:Median Eminence / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009411:Nerve Endings / Q000032:analysis
D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D006735:Horseradish Peroxidase