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  • Title: A sexual dimorphism in hypothalamic arginine vasotocin (AVT) gene expression and AVT plasma levels in the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in response to water deprivation.
    Author: Chaturvedi CM, Chowdhary A, Wall PT, Koike TI, Cornett LE.
    Journal: Gen Comp Endocrinol; 2000 Jan; 117(1):129-37. PubMed ID: 10620429.
    Abstract:
    To examine a possible sexual dimorphism in the osmotic control of arginine vasotocin (AVT) release in birds, age-matched male and female Japanese quail were subjected to water deprivation. The observed increased plasma osmolalities were accompanied by increased plasma AVT levels. Plasma mesotocin levels did not change with water deprivation. The sensitivity of the osmotic control of AVT release as determined by the slope of the relationship between plasma AVT levels and plasma osmolalities was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in males than in females. By Northern blot analysis, levels of hypothalamic AVT gene transcripts were increased 2.3 +/- 0.14- and 3.5 +/- 0.13-fold in water-deprived male and female Japanese quail, respectively, compared to normally hydrated birds. Our data suggest gender-related differences in the osmotic control of AVT release and in hypothalamic AVT gene expression in the Japanese quail.
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