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Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: Different mechanisms, similar endpoints
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Vasopressin neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala and vasotocin neurons in homologous areas in non-mammalian vertebrates show some of the most consistently found neural sex differences, with males having more cells and denser projections than females. These projections have been implicated in social and reproductive behaviors but also in autonomic functions. The sex differences in these projections may cause as well as prevent sex differences in these functions. This paper discusses the anatomy, steroid dependency, and sexual differentiation of these neurons. Although the final steps in sexual differentiation of vasopressin/vasotocin expression may be similar across vertebrate species, what triggers differentiation may vary dramatically. For example, during development, estrogen masculinizes vasopressin expression in rats but feminizes its counterpart in Japanese quail. Apparently, nature consistently finds a way of maintaining sex differences in vasopressin and vasotocin pathways, suggesting that the function of these differences is important enough that it was conserved during evolution.
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This review argues that central vasopressin/vasotocin pathways in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and medial amygdala and their homologs show conserved male-biased sex differences across vertebrates, but the developmental triggers differ. In rats estrogen masculinizes vasopressin expression, whereas in Japanese quail estrogen feminizes the vasotocin counterpart.
Key findings
- Male-biased AVP/AVT cell number and fiber density in BST/MeA homologs are consistently found across mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians; these projections are implicated in social and reproductive behaviors and autonomic functions.
- Adult AVP/AVT expression is steroid-sensitive: gonadectomy eliminates and hormone replacement reinstates it, but sex differences persist after equal steroid treatment in rats and quail, indicating organizational effects. In rats estrogen masculinizes AVP innervation; in quail estrogen feminizes its AVT counterpart. In prairie voles, testes are essential for masculinization, but testosterone administration to females or neonatally castrated males does not masculinize the system.
- Sex chromosomal complement contributes independently of gonadal hormones: XY mice had slightly denser AVP innervation than XX mice even when gonadal hormone levels were kept constant.
- Cellular differentiation likely reflects phenotypic differentiation rather than cell birth/death: AVP cells are born on embryonic days 12 and 13, before hormones trigger sexual differentiation; Bax deletion increased AVP cell number in both sexes but did not eliminate the sex difference; galanin co-expression may determine how many existing cells express AVP.
Methods
- Narrative comparative review; no new experimental data.
- Synthesizes published anatomical, steroid-manipulation, tracing, developmental, and genetic studies across vertebrates; Table 1 catalogs studies by species and features such as projections, cell bodies, dimorphism, seasonal/activational effects, organizational effects, and tracing.
- Main analysis is qualitative synthesis of AVP/AVT expression in BST/MeA and homologs, steroid dependency, and mechanisms of sexual differentiation.
Limitations
- Stated: the conclusion that BST/MeA are the sources of sexually dimorphic AVP/AVT innervation rests on a limited set of experiments; BST-to-septum evidence is solid, but other BST/MeA projections have not been independently confirmed, and homologous projections in other vertebrates are even less certain, with only a Japanese quail tracing study.
- Stated: it is unknown whether gonadal steroids act directly on AVP/AVT cells during sexual differentiation; adult rat AVP-ir cells express estrogen receptor alpha, androgen, and progesterone receptors, but developmental receptor expression is unknown, and no study has addressed co-localization in other vertebrates.
- Stated: molecular and cellular processes mediating hormonal effects on AVP/AVT differentiation remain unidentified, and the functional significance of most CNS sex differences is unknown. Also evident: the review is not systematic and relies on heterogeneous species and assays, so comparative conclusions are qualitative.
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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).”
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- Supportedcites De Vries and Buijs, 1983 source
The Discussion (p. 9) reports a drastic reduction in lateral-septal vasopressin fibers after BST lesions and says tracing results also favor the BST as their source. It acknowledges that fibers could pass through the BST rather than originate there, but the claim describes the evidence as solid, not the conclusion as definitive. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“For example, Moore et al. (2000) find similar sex differences in roughskin newts as are found in rats.”
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“In vertebrates with less extensive encephalization than mammals, the areas homologous to the BST and amygdala are not physically separated by the internal capsule (Johnston, 1923).”
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“Differences in the effects of BST and MeA lesions on septal AVP innervation, however, suggest that the BST provides the lion's share of the septal AVP-ir innervation (Al Shamma and De Vries, unpublished observations).”
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“The only other tracing study was done in Japanese quail, which demonstrated that AVT-ir neurons in the BST project to the medial preoptic nucleus (POM; Absil et al., 2002).”
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“None of the other BST and MeA projections have been independently confirmed.”
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“In such animals, the sexually dimorphic vasotocin-immunoreactive (AVT-ir) cells typically form a single, undivided cluster (e.g. Boyd et al., 1992; Marler et al., 1999).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Marler et al., 1999 source
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“In fact, primate and rodent AVP innervation may be quite similar, because many areas that receive steroid-sensitive AVP innervation in rats, such as the ventral pallidum, dorsal raphe nucleus, and midbrain central gray, also contain dense AVP-ir inner-vation in macaques (Caffé et al., 1989).”
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“Evidence for other projections from the BST and MeA is less firm.”
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“Since these first findings, homologous sex differences have been found in many different species, in mammals as well as other vertebrates (Table 1).”
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“However, given the often striking similarity in distribution, sexual dimorphism, and steroid sensitivity of AVP and AVT systems across vertebrates, it is unlikely that the anatomy of these systems differs fundamentally among species.”
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“Later we showed that AVP expression in these areas critically depended on circulating gonadal steroids (De Vries et al., 1984)”
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“Vasopressin neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala and vasotocin neurons in homologous areas in non-mammalian vertebrates show some of the most consistently found neural sex differences, with males having more cells and denser projections than females.”
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- Rests on an assumption: AVP and AVT systems in mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates are homologous.
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“However, they also find more AVT-expressing cell groups than have been found in any other species.”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Moore et al. (2000) source
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“In rats, the BST and MeA provide a major part of AVP innervation in the forebrain.”
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“These primates, however, have AVP-ir cells in the BST, and male marmosets have more of these cells than do females (Caffé et al., 1989; Fliers et al., 1986; Wang et al., 1997).”
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Caffé et al., 1989 source
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“Sex differences have also been found in AVP/AVT neurons in the PVN in mammals, including humans (Ishunina and Swaab, 1999), and the preoptic area in non-mammalian vertebrates, especially in fish (e.g. Grober and Sunobe, 1996; Semsar and Godwin, 2003).”
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“Some of these cell groups exhibit differences favoring males, others females.”
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“These projections have been implicated in social and reproductive behaviors but also in autonomic functions.”
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“Later Caffé et al. (1987) combined retrograde tracing with AVP immunocytochemistry to confirm that the BST projects to the lateral septum and show that the MeA projects to the ventral hippocampus as well as lateral septum.”
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“Many of these neurons appear neurosecretory, however, and may therefore not contribute to central AVP/AVT-ir innervation.”
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“Although the final steps in sexual differentiation of vasopressin/vasotocin expression may be similar across vertebrate species, what triggers differentiation may vary dramatically.”
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“The sex differences in these projections may cause as well as prevent sex differences in these functions.”
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“These two areas belong to the extended amygdala, a cohort of nuclei in the BST and centromedial amygdala with striking similarities in cytoarchitecture and neurochemistry (de Olmos and Heimer, 1999).”
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“For example, macaques, marmosets, and humans show virtually no AVP-ir fibers in the lateral septum and therefore no clear sex difference in this area either.”
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“For example, during development, estrogen masculinizes vasopressin expression in rats but feminizes its counterpart in Japanese quail.”
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“As the POM projects to the lateral septum (Balthazart et al., 1994), these cell bodies may contribute to differences in septal AVT-ir innervation as well.”
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“and that AVP-ir cells in the BST and MA showed corresponding sex differences and steroid responsiveness (DeVries et al., 1985; Van Leeuwen et al., 1985).”
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“Like roughskin newts, Japanese quail show similar differences in the BST as do rats, but male quail also have more AVT-ir cell bodies in the POM than do females (Panzica et al., 2001).”
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“Apparently, nature consistently finds a way of maintaining sex differences in vasopressin and vasotocin pathways, suggesting that the function of these differences is important enough that it was conserved during evolution.”
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AVP and AVT systems in mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates are homologous.
“Vasopressin neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis and amygdala and vasotocin neurons in homologous areas in non-mammalian vertebrates”
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“Furthermore, AVP and OXT systems in the brain are sexually dimorphic (De Vries and Panzica, 2006; Dumais et al., 2013a).”
From Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play behavior by vasopressin and oxytocin depends on social context (2014) · cites this paper as De Vries and Panzica, 2006
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“Sex differences in the vasopressin system also have their origins in development and are androgen-dependent (De Vries & Panzica, 2006; Dumais & Veenema, 2016).”
From Developmental origins of sex differences in the neural circuitry of play (2020) · cites this paper as De Vries & Panzica, 2006
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“Furthermore, AVP cells within this nucleus are sensitive to sex steroids and exhibit the most consistent sexual dimorphism found across vertebrates, with more cells in males than in females (De Vries and Panzica, 2006).”
From Sexually dimorphic role for vasopressin in the development of social play (2014) · cites this paper as De Vries and Panzica, 2006
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“In mammals and birds, the number of AVP (VT in birds) neurons and projections in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BnST) and amygdala are markedly greater in males.”
From Endocrine Disruption of Vasopressin Systems and Related Behaviors (2017) · cites this paper as [80]
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“The density of these inputs is substantially higher in males, as there are significantly more vasopressin-expressing neurons in the male MeA (De Vries et al., 1984; De Vries & Panzica, 2006).”
From Developmental origins of sex differences in the neural circuitry of play (2020) · cites this paper as De Vries & Panzica, 2006
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“This sex difference is found in many mammalian species (De Vries & Panzica, 2006) and already exists in juveniles (De Vries et al., 1981).”
From Sex-specific modulation of juvenile social play by vasopressin (2013) · cites this paper as De Vries & Panzica, 2006
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“For example, male rodents have 2 to 3 times as many AVP cells as females in the BNST/MeA and pronounced sex-different projections to areas involved in social behavior such as the ventral pallidum, lateral septum (LS), lateral habenula, dorsal raphe (DR), periaqueductal gray, as well as other forebrain areas (33, 60)”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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“Indeed, the BNST and MeA contribute to the most pronounced sex difference in AVP innervation in the brain (33,60).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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“While there is remarkable consistency in the distribution of OXT and AVP neurons and their projections across vertebrates (33), there are striking species differences in the distributions in the distribution of OXT and AVP receptors in the brain, even between closely related species (10).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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“The extended medial amygdala contains neurons that express AVP in a steroid-dependent and sexually dimorphic manner (33).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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“Hormonal action on this cell population may help drive aspects of steroid-sensitive sexual behavior since gonadal hormones affect both male sexual behavior (120, 121) and AVP expression within the extended amygdala (33).”
From Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Social Behavior: From Neural Circuits to Clinical Opportunities (2022) · cites this paper as [33]
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Metadata
- Authors
- De Vries, G. J., & Panzica, G. C.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- ORCID
- Panzica, G.C.
- Venue
- Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-03
- Volume
- 138
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 947-955
- ISSN
- 0306-4522 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC1457099
- OpenAlex
- W1989699697
- Semantic Scholar
- 5037752db4792af8139044526ebab87c7fe4306b
- Cited by
- 346
- References
- 129
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 25 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 19
- FWCI
- 20.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (K02-MH01497, R01MH47538, K02 MH001497, R01-MH047538)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Keywords
- vasopressin, arginine vasotocin, sexual differentiation, sex differences, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, amygdala, steroid hormones, estrogen, masculinization, feminization, social behavior, reproductive behavior, autonomic function, non-mammalian vertebrates
- MeSH terms
- Androgens, Animals, Brain, Coturnix, Estrogens, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Differentiation, Vasopressins, Vasotocin, Vertebrates, Rats
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