title: Central stress-integrative circuits: forebrain glutamatergic and GABAergic projections to the dorsomedial hypothalamus, medial preoptic area, and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis.
abstract: Central regulation of hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis stress responses is mediated by a relatively circumscribed group of projections to the paraventricular hypothalamus (PVN). The dorsomedial hypothalamus (DMH), medial preoptic area (mPOA), and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BST) provide direct, predominantly inhibitory, innervation of the PVN. These PVN-projecting neurons are controlled by descending information from limbic forebrain structures, including the prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, and septum. The neurochemical phenotype of limbic circuits targeting PVN relays has not been systematically analyzed. The current study combined retrograde tracing and immunohistochemistry/in situ hybridization to identify the specific sites of glutamatergic and GABAergic inputs to the DMH, mPOA, and BST. Following Fluoro-gold (FG) injections in the DMH, retrogradely labeled cells co-localized with vesicular glutamate transporter mRNA in the prefrontal cortex, ventral hippocampus, and paraventricular thalamus. Co-localization of FG and glutamic acid decarboxylase mRNA was present throughout the central and medial amygdaloid nuclei and septal area. In addition, the mPOA received predominantly GABAergic input from the septum, amygdala, and BST. The BST received glutamatergic projections from the hippocampus and basomedial amygdala, whereas, GABAergic inputs arose from central and medial amygdaloid nuclei. Thus, discrete sets of neurons in the hypothalamus and BST are positioned to summate limbic inputs into PVN regulation and may play a role in HPA dysfunction and stress-related illness.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Metabolic Diseases Institute, University of Cincinnati, 2170 E. Galbraith Rd, Cincinnati, OH, 45237-0506, USA, brent.myers@uc.edu.
authors: Brent
authors: B
authors: Myers
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Mark Dolgas
authors: John
authors: J
authors: Kasckow
authors: William E
authors: WE
authors: Cullinan
authors: James P
authors: JP
authors: Herman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004302:Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D059330:GABAergic Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D056347:Neuroanatomical Tract-Tracing Techniques; D011301:Preoptic Area / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016548:Prosencephalon / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid
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