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Ren X, Wang S, Rong P, et al. Activation of hypothalamic gono-like neurons in female rats during estrus. Neural Regen Res. 2012;7(31):2413-23doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002.
Ren, X., Wang, S., Rong, P., & Zhu, B. (2012). Activation of hypothalamic gono-like neurons in female rats during estrus. Neural regeneration research, 7(31), 2413-23. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002
Ren, Xiaoxuan, et al. "Activation of hypothalamic gono-like neurons in female rats during estrus." Neural regeneration research vol. 7,31 (2012): 2413-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002
Ren X, Wang S, Rong P, Zhu B. Activation of hypothalamic gono-like neurons in female rats during estrus. Neural Regen Res. 2012 Nov 05;7(31):2413-23. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002. PMID: 25337091; PMCID: PMC4200715.
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Neural Regen Res. 2012 Nov 05;7(31):2413-23. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002.

Activation of hypothalamic gono-like neurons in female rats during estrus.

Neural regeneration research

Xiaoxuan Ren, Shaojun Wang, Peijing Rong, Bing Zhu

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China ; School of Acupuncture-Moxibustion and Tuina, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
  2. Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China.

PMID: 25337091 PMCID: PMC4200715 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2012.31.002

Abstract

In mammals, gonadal function is controlled by the activity of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons, which control the secretion of adenohypophyseal and gonadal hormones. However, there are a number of unanswered questions in relation to gonadal function. It is currently unknown how erotogenic stimulation of the genitals influences the subpopulation of hypothalamic medial preoptic area neurons, antidromically identified as projecting to the median eminence at different periods of the estrous cycle. Additionally, the distinctiveness of hypothalamic medial preoptic area neurons, with respect to methods of feedback control by exogenous hormones, is also unknown. In this study, spontaneous discharges from individual neurons encountered within the medial preoptic area, gono-like neurons, were recorded extracellularly using glass microelectrodes. To confirm the cellular and histochemical properties of the recording units, antidromic stimulation was performed using a side-by-side bipolar stimulating electrode placed into the median eminence, alongside microiontophoretic injections of the conventional tracer, horseradish peroxidase. In addition, further immunohistochemical analyses were performed. Results showed that elevated gono-neuron activity was accompanied by increased background activity and greater responses to erotogenic stimuli during estrus. Application of clitoral traction stimulation resulted in increased activation of the gono-like neurons. This neuronal activity was noticeably inhibited by β-estradiol administration. Immunohistochemical analyses revealed the presence of gonadotropin-releasing hormone-reactive protein in hypothalamic cells in which electrophysiological recordings were taken. Thus, medial preoptic area neurons represent the subset of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons described from brain slices in vitro, and might serve as a useful physiological model to form the basis of future in vivo studies.

Keywords: erotogenic stimuli; estrous cycle; feedback control; gonadotropin-releasing hormone; medial preoptic area; neural regeneration; neuronal discharge

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