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The origin of the vasopressinergic and oxytocinergic innervation of the rat brain with special reference to the lateral septum
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The origin of the vasopressin-containing fibers in the rat lateral septum was studied by means of lesioning specific areas, in which vasopressin-containing cells are found, or by surgically separating the septum from the underlying structures. Following these procedures sections of the brain were stained immunocytochemically for the presence of vasopressin. In addition, retrograde labeling tracers were injected in the lateral septum. Lesioning of the paraventricular nucleus did not result in the disappearance of vasopressin fibers from the lateral septum, nor from the various other areas studied. It did, however, cause the disappearance of fibers from the nucleus of the solitary tract and the nucleus ambiguus. By contrast, after the same lesion practically the whole oxytocinergic innervation of the brain disappeared. Injection of tracers into the lateral septum revealed retrograde labeled cells, e.g. in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, but not in the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus. Horizontal cuts under the lateral septum, intersecting the diagonal band of Broca, resulted in a dramatic decrease of the vasopressin fibers in the lateral septum, suggesting that the fibers enter the septum via this structure. Moreover, since the vasopressin fiber density was found to decrease drastically in the lateral septum after lesioning the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, the vasopressin cells found in this area are probably the source of these fibers. Other areas where fibers were seen to decrease after lesions of the bed nucleus are the diagonal band of Broca, the area of the anterior amygdala, the lateral habenular nucleus, the periventricular gray, and the locus coeruleus.
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Using lesions and retrograde tracing in rats, this study shows that the vasopressin (VP) fibers innervating the lateral septum arise from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST), not from the paraventricular (PVN), supraoptic (SON) or suprachiasmatic nuclei. In contrast, the brain's oxytocinergic innervation appears to derive predominantly from the PVN.
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- Unilateral horizontal knife cuts separating the septum from underlying structures drastically reduced VP fiber density in the lateral septum only when the cut extended far enough rostrally to intersect the diagonal band of Broca; more caudal cuts produced only slight reduction. Intersected fibers appeared swollen, suggesting accumulation proximal to transection.
- Unilateral BNST lesions (diameter ~2.5 mm) clearly reduced VP fiber density ipsilaterally in the diagonal band of Broca, lateral septum, lateral habenular nucleus, area of the anterior amygdala, periventricular gray and locus coeruleus; no diminution was noted in other areas studied (Table I).
- Small PVN lesions (~1.5 mm) decreased VP fibers only in the nucleus of the solitary tract and nucleus ambiguus. Large PVN lesions (~2.5 mm) additionally eliminated VP staining in the periventricular and dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei, and caused almost complete disappearance of the brain's oxytocinergic innervation — but did not remove VP fibers from the lateral septum.
- Retrograde tracer injections into the VP-dense part of the lateral septum labeled cells in the BNST (and lateral hypothalamic area, just lateral to PVN, and dorsal to SON) but not in the SCN, PVN or SON.
Methods
- Retrograde labeling: 37 male Wistar rats (250–300 g) received injections into the lateral septum of HRP (stereotactic or iontophoretic), WGA-HRP, True Blue or Granular Blue; sections processed with diaminobenzidine or tetramethylbenzidine methods or viewed by fluorescence microscopy.
- Lesion studies: male Wistar rats (160–190 g) received radiofrequency lesions of the PVN (5 small at 50 °C, 5 large at 60 °C) or unilateral BNST lesions (6 rats at 65 °C), or Halász-knife horizontal cuts separating the septum unilaterally from underlying structures (6 rats). After 2.5–3 weeks, 100 μm vibratome sections were stained immunocytochemically for VP or oxytocin and fiber density compared with untreated controls.
- Hippocampal and ventral tegmental labeling served as positive controls for retrograde tracing efficacy.
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- The authors state they cannot exclude that VP fibers in the lateral septum originate outside the BNST and merely pass through it; they note this requires combining immunocytochemistry with retrograde tracing.
- The origin of VP fibers in the dorsal raphe nucleus, medial amygdala, hippocampus and ventral tegmental area remained obscure, as no lesion reduced fibers in these areas.
- Bilateral BNST lesions were not performed because bilaterally lesioned rats failed to survive surgery; residual fibers after unilateral lesions could reflect contralateral crossover or additional sources (stated by the authors).
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“Injection of tracers into the lateral septum revealed retrograde labeled cells, e.g. in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, but not in the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus.”
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“Some labeled cells were also found in the ventral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (Fig. 2B).”
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“The lesioned area had a diameter of about 2.5 mm (Fig. 7) and resulted in a clear decline in VP fiber density within the ipsilateral diagonal band of Broca, the lateral septum, the lateral habenular nucleus, the area of the anterior amygdala, the periventricular gray and the locus coeruleus (Figs. 8, 9, 10A and B).”
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“since the vasopressin fiber density was found to decrease drastically in the lateral septum after lesioning the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, the vasopressin cells found in this area are probably the source of these fibers.”
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“after unilateral lesioning of this structure VP fiber density was drastically reduced in the lateral septum as well as in various other areas.”
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“Although lesioning the PVN did result in the disappearance of VP fibers in the nucleus of the solitary tract and the nucleus ambiguus, it did not impair the VP fiber density in the lateral septum.”
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“Lesioning of the paraventricular nucleus did not result in the disappearance of vasopressin fibers from the lateral septum, nor from the various other areas studied.”
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“Horizontal cuts under the lateral septum, intersecting the diagonal band of Broca, resulted in a dramatic decrease of the vasopressin fibers in the lateral septum, suggesting that the fibers enter the septum via this structure.”
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“In those rats where the lesion extended far enough rostral to intersect the diagonal band of Broca a pronounced unilateral loss of VP fibers was seen within the lateral septum (Figs. 6A and C).”
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“The same lesion resulted in an almost complete disappearance of the oxytocinergic innervation of the brain (Figs. 4A and B).”
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“after the same lesion practically the whole oxytocinergic innervation of the brain disappeared.”
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“Ventral to the cut, the intersected VP fibers were seen to be swollen as if VP was accumulating proximal to the transection.”
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“Since the VP fiber density remained unaffected in most other areas of the brain, the PVN and its accessory cell groups do not contribute for a major part to the VP innervation of the brain.”
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“After this lesion, VP fibers were seen to decrease only in the nucleus of the solitary tract and the nucleus ambiguus.”
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“Although the present study has clarified the sites of origin of VP fibers in many areas, the origin of VP fibers within the dorsal raphe nucleus, the nucleus of the medial amygdala, the hippocampus and the ventral tegmental area is still quite obscure, because in none of the lesion experiments mentioned were VP fibers seen to decrease in these areas.”
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“In none of the experiments were labeled cells found in the SCN, PVN or SON (Fig. 2A).”
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“Injection of tracers into the lateral septum revealed retrograde labeled cells, e.g. in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, but not in the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus.”
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“in VP fibers within the nucleus of the solitary tract and the nucleus ambiguus, and in the disappearance of the fiber staining in the periventricular (Figs. 5A and B) and the dorsomedial hypothalamic nuclei.”
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“At the level of the PVN cells were found just lateral to the PVN, lining the fornix. Many labeled cells were present in the lateral hypothalamic area, just dorsal to the SON. Some labeled cells were also found in the ventral part of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (Fig. 2B).”
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“In rats with more caudally situated knife cuts, only a slight reduction was seen in the VP fiber density (Figs. 6B and D).”
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“For example, the VP cells of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis probably receive a totally different input than the VP cells in the PVN or SCN, which obviously causes the output to be different as well.”
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“The actions of VP, in turn, are probably linked in the various areas of which the VP fibers have a common origin, but could be independent when the fibers are derived from different nuclei.”
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“The results of these experiments make it clear that neither the PVN nor the SON send VP fibers to the lateral septum.”
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“The largest number of extrahypothalamic VP cells was found in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. In addition, VP-immunopositive cells were revealed in other areas, e.g. in the rostral part of the lateral septum, the amygdala and the locus coeruleus27.”
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“It receives vasopressinergic inputs directly from the MeA (Caffe et al., 1987) and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) (De Vries & Buijs, 1983).”
From Developmental origins of sex differences in the neural circuitry of play (2020) · cites this paper as De Vries & Buijs, 1983
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“More importantly, previous data have shown that the BST and CMA are interconnected, and lesions of the BST disrupt AVP expression in the amygdala.35”
From Neonatal MeCP2 is important for the organization of sex differences in vasopressin expression (2012) · cites this paper as [35]
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“The lateral septum receives projections from the BNST (De Vries and Buijs, 1983), a primary node in the neural network thought to play a role in social behavior (Newman, 1999).”
From Sexually dimorphic role for vasopressin in the development of social play (2014) · cites this paper as De Vries and Buijs, 1983
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“The conclusion that the BST is an important source of septal AVP-ir fibers therefore rests on solid evidence (De Vries and Buijs, 1983).”
From Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: different mechanisms, similar endpoints (2006) · cites this paper as De Vries and Buijs, 1983
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- Authors
- de Vries, G. J., & Buijs, R. M.
- ORCID
- Buijs, R.M.
- Venue
- Brain Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1983-08
- Volume
- 273
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 307-317
- ISSN
- 0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2061489766
- Cited by
- 524
- References
- 28
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- FWCI
- 35.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Brain Research (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Keywords
- vasopressin, oxytocin, lateral septum, paraventricular nucleus, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, diagonal band of Broca, nucleus tractus solitarius, nucleus ambiguus, retrograde tracing, lesioning, rat brain
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain Mapping, Diencephalon, Male, Neural Pathways, Synaptic Transmission, Oxytocin, Rats, Inbred Strains, Septum Pellucidum, Telencephalon, Vasopressins, Rats
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