title: Ontogeny of galanin-immunoreactive neurons in the central nervous system of the chicken.
abstract: 1. The ontogenic development and differentiation of the galanin-immunoreactive (GA-IR) neuron systems in the avian brain was studied by the aid of immunocytochemistry. 2. The first traces of GA-immunoreactivity can be detected already on day 2 of embryonic life within the neural tube, and the system appears to be fully developed around day 16. 3. GA-IR neuron system develops parallel in the hypothalamus and in extrahypothalamic sites. 4. The first well-defined groups of GA-IR perikarya are visible within the diencephalon and myelencephalon as early as day 6. 5. In the embryonic hypothalamus, the periventricular and the tuberal area are especially rich in GA-IR neurons, while in extrahypothalamic regions, the mesencephalon and lower brain stem is prominent in this respect. 6. Since similarities have been observed in developmental patterns of the GA-IR system and the releasing-hormonal systems, it might be assumed that the galaninergic system might have functional relationship with these latter neuronal structures during development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University Medical School, Pécs, Hungary.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Józsa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mess
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D005260:Female; D019004:Galanin; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis
chemical_list: D009479:Neuropeptides; D019004:Galanin