Reischig, Thomas and Petri, Bernhard and Stengl, Monika (2004) Pigment-dispersing hormone (PDH)-immunoreactive neurons form a direct coupling pathway between the bilaterally symmetric circadian pacemakers of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae. CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH, 318 (3). pp. 553-564. ISSN 0302-766X, 1432-0878
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Circadian locomotor activity rhythms of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae are driven by two bilaterally paired and mutually coupled pacemakers that reside in the optic lobes of the brain. Transplantation studies have shown that this circadian pacemaker is located in the accessory medulla (AMe), a small neuropil of the medulla of the optic lobe. The AMe is densely innervated by about 12 anterior pigment-dispersing-hormone-immunoreactive (PDH-ir) medulla (PDHMe) neurons. PDH-ir neurons are circadian pacemaker candidates in the fruitfly and cockroach. A subpopulation of these neurons also appears to connect both optic lobes and may constitute at least one of the circadian coupling pathways. To determine whether PDHMe neurons directly connect both accessory medullae, we injected rhodamine-labeled dextran as neuronal tracer into one AMe and performed PDH immunocytochemistry. Double-labeled fibers in the anterior, shell, and internodular neuropil of the AMe contralaterally to the injection site showed that PDH-ir fibers directly connect both accessory medullae. This connection is formed by three anterior PDHMe neurons of each optic lobe, which, thus, fulfill morphological criteria for a direct circadian coupling pathway. Our double-label studies also showed that all except one of the midbrain projection areas of anterior PDHMe neurons were innervated ipsilaterally and contralaterally. Thus, anterior PDHMe neurons seem to play multiple roles in generating circadian rhythms. They also deliver timing information output and perform mutual pacemaker coupling in L. maderae.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ACCESSORY MEDULLA; OPTIC LOBE; IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS; DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER; LOCOMOTOR RHYTHMS; SYSTEM; CLOCK; BRAIN; ORGANIZATION; CRICKETS; neuroanatomy; circadian rhythms; pigment-dispersing factor; accessory medulla; neuronal tracing; immunocytochemistry; cockroach, Leucophaea maderae (Insecta) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2021 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2021 09:41 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/36887 |
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