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  • Title: Deficit of galanin-like immunostaining in the median eminence of adult hypothyroid rats.
    Author: Giardino L, Velardo A, Gallinelli A, Calzà L.
    Journal: Neuroendocrinology; 1992 Mar; 55(3):237-47. PubMed ID: 1380134.
    Abstract:
    In this paper we describe the modification of the galanin (GAL)-like immunostaining in the hypothalamus of rats, which were made hypothyroid at 52 days after birth. On 21st day after the surgical ablation of the thyroid gland, the staining of the GAL-immunoreactive fibers in the median eminence decreased and on the 84th day disappeared almost totally. The GAL-immunoreactive distribution in other areas of the hypothalamus, e.g. the anterior hypothalamus and the dorsomedial nucleus, is only slightly affected by the absence of thyroid hormones, whereas the GAL-staining of medulla oblongata (vagal complex) is equal in both control and hypothyroid rats. In hypothyroid colchicine-treated rats, we were unable to stain GAL-immunoreactive neurons in the paraventricular nucleus (PVN). Oxytocin- and vasopressin-like material was present in the magnocellular neurons and the staining pattern in hypothyroid rats was the same as that of control animals. Our data show a marked reduction in the expression of the GAL-like immunoreactivity of the PVN and median eminence of adult hypothyroid rats. The possible role of this deficit in the pathogenesis of the GH secretion impairment that is observed in hypothyroid rats is discussed.
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