Neuropeptide Y in the stria terminalis: evidence for an amygdalofugal projection.
Lesions of the stria terminalis in the rat brain indicate that neuropeptide Y, a recently isolated peptide of the pancreatic polypeptide family, projects rostrally in an efferent pathway from the amygdaloid complex. Marked depletions of NPY-immunoreactivity observed by immunocytochemistry were apparent in the laterobasal septum and suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus, but most markedly in rostrolateral regions of the bed nucleus of the strial terminalis.
D000679:Amygdala / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004027:Diencephalon / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007120:Immunochemistry; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D051381:Rats; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000378:metabolism; D013493:Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000378:metabolism
D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009478:Neuropeptide Y