title: Multiple sources of the pituitary pars intermedia innervation in amphibians: a DiI retrograde tract-tracing study.
abstract: Afferent projections to the pituitary pars intermedia were studied using the DiI tract-tracing technique in two amphibian species, the urodelan Triturus carnifex, and the anuran Rana esculenta. After DiI crystal application into the pituitary intermediate lobe, in both species cells were retrogradely labeled in the preoptic nucleus, in the supra- and retro-chiasmatic hypothalamus and in the brainstem (especially in the area indicated as locus coeruleus). The findings are discussed in relation to data on the neurochemical nature of the innervation of the pars intermedia in amphibians.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Artero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fasolo
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Franzoni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D002232:Carbocyanines; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000294:innervation* / Q000378:metabolism; D011893:Rana esculenta; D013045:Species Specificity; D013493:Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D014319:Triturus
chemical_list: D002232:Carbocyanines; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; C024286:3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine