title: The sheep terminal nerve: coexistence of LHRH- and AChE-containing neurons.
abstract: The intracranial course of the terminal nerve was studied in the sheep. Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) immunohistochemistry and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity detected histochemically revealed the existence of a major bundle of neural fibers coursing along the anterior cerebral artery, from the olfactory tubercle to the olfactory bulbs, at the surface of which the fibers spread out in a dense plexus, before reaching the cribiform plate. There were ganglia along the nerve, which contained at least two separate populations of identified cells: one possessing AChE activity and the other presenting LHRH immunoreactivity.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Neuroendocrinologie Sexuelle, INRA Nouzilly, Monnaie, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caldani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batailler
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jourdan
mesh_terms: D000110:Acetylcholinesterase / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D003391:Cranial Nerves / Q000032:analysis* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis* / Q000201:enzymology; D012756:Sheep / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D000110:Acetylcholinesterase