title: [Immunocytochemical and autoradiographic research on the growth of serotoninergic fibers to the cerebral ventricles in the perinatal period in rats].
abstract: Anatomical relationships between serotoninergic (5-HT) fibers and cerebral ventricles were studied in rats from the 16th fetal day until the 9th postnatal day with immunocytochemistry and radioautography. In the latter case, 5-HT neuronal elements were detected according to their specific uptake of intraventricularly injected 3H-5-HT. On the 16th fetal day, occasional 5-HT fibers first spread from the main place of their origin in the raphe nuclei to the dorsocaudal portion of the 3rd ventricle and aqueduct. Two days later, a more extensive network of 5-HT fibers appeared around the dorsal portion of the 3rd ventricle, whereas fibers only rarely penetrated fibers became noticeable in the lateral and 3rd ventricles. The functional significance of hypothalamic and ventricular 5-HT is discussed from the standpoint of its being either a modulator of growth and differentiation of the developing brain, or a factor involved in some specific neuroendocrine functions.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001345:Autoradiography; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin / Q000502:physiology*; D012701:Serotonin / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D011985:Receptors, Serotonin; D012701:Serotonin
vernacular_title: Immunotsitokhimicheskoe i avtoradiograficheskoe issledovaniia prorastaniia serotoninergicheskikh volokon k zheludochkam mozga v perinatal'nom periode u krys.