2010
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Fibers Contact POMC Neurons in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus
Sotonyi P, Mezei G, Racz B, Dallman MF, Abizaid A, Horvath TL. Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Fibers Contact POMC Neurons in the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus. Reproductive Sciences 2010, 17: 1024-1028. PMID: 20713970, DOI: 10.1177/1933719110378346.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsArcuate nucleusGonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronsPOMC cell bodiesEnergy expenditureHypothalamic arcuate nucleusHypothalamic neuronal populationsMelanocyte stimulating hormoneHormone neuronsPOMC neuronsAnorexigenic proopiomelanocortinStimulating hormoneAnatomical proximityAxon terminalsGonadal axisGlucose homeostasisPeripheral signalsNeuronal populationsCell bodiesDirect appositionGnRHEnergy metabolismNeuronsMetabolic stateHormoneProopiomelanocortin
1997
Evidence for a direct neuronal pathway from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to the gonadotropin‐releasing hormone system: Combined tracing and light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical studies
Van Der Beek E, Horvath T, Wiegant V, Van Den Hurk R, Buijs R. Evidence for a direct neuronal pathway from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to the gonadotropin‐releasing hormone system: Combined tracing and light and electron microscopic immunocytochemical studies. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1997, 384: 569-579. PMID: 9259490, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19970811)384:4<569::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuprachiasmatic nucleusFemale ratsGnRH systemGnRH-immunoreactive cell bodiesGonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronsDaily LH surgesImplantation of estrogenOvariectomized rats resultsRostral ventrolateral portionGonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) systemVasoactive intestinal polypeptideElectron microscopic immunocytochemical studyHormone neuronsGnRH neuronsIntestinal polypeptideLH surgeMonosynaptic pathwayPutative transmittersAnterograde tracerPreoptic areaNeuronal pathwaysRats resultsVentrolateral portionBilateral projectionsFemale rodents