Osmoregulation and the Hypothalamic Supraoptic Nucleus: From Genes to Functions [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Due to the relatively high permeability to water of the plasma membrane, water tends to equilibrate its chemical potential gradient between the intra and extracellular compartments.
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The importance of oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus for breastfeeding in mice. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The hormone oxytocin, secreted from oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular (PVH) and supraoptic (SO) hypothalamic nuclei, promotes parturition, milk ejection, and maternal caregiving behaviors. Previous experiments with whole-body oxytocin knockout mice
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Microdissection of the supraoptic nucleus and posterior pituitary gland from fresh unfixed tissue [PDF]
MethodsX, 2023 The rat supraoptic nucleus (SON) contains magnocellular neurons that project long axons that terminate in the posterior pituitary gland. To perform molecular characterization of these regions, such as transcriptome and methylome profiling, it is ...
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Spatial transcriptomics reveal basal sex differences in supraoptic nucleus gene expression of adult rats related to cell signaling and ribosomal pathways [PDF]
Biology of Sex Differences, 2023 Background The supraoptic nucleus (SON) of the hypothalamus contains magnocellular neurosecretory cells that secrete the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin. Sex differences in SON gene expression have been relatively unexplored.
Dianna H. Nguyen +4 more
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Transcriptome and methylome of the supraoptic nucleus provides insights into the age-dependent loss of neuronal plasticity [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023 The age-dependent loss of neuronal plasticity is a well-known phenomenon that is poorly understood. The loss of this capacity for axonal regeneration is emphasized following traumatic brain injury, which is a major cause of disability and death among ...
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Vasopressin and oxytocin expression in hypothalamic supraoptic nucleus and plasma electrolytes changes in water-deprived male Meriones libycus [PDF]
Animal Cells and Systems, 2021 In mammals, plasmatic osmolality needs to be stable, and it is highly related to the hydric state of the animals which depends on the activity of the hypothalamic neurohypophysial system and more particularly by vasopressin secretion.
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Age-dependent increase in Thy-1 protein in the rat supraoptic nucleus [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Mature mammalian CNS neurons often do not recover successfully following injury. To this point, unilateral lesion of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial tract results in collateral sprouting from uninjured axons of the supraoptic nucleus (SON) in 35-day-old
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Morphometric analysis of supraoptic neurons of the rat hypothalamic nuclei under conditions of prolonged illumination [PDF]
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 The article reviews the results of studies of the morphofunctional state of neurons of the supraoptic nuclei of the rat hypothalamus under conditions of different duration of light regime.
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Osmotic perception of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the supraoptic nucleus of rats [PDF]
IBRO Reports, 2020 Extracellular osmolality plays a crucial role in controlling the activation of neurons. Hypertonic stimulation modulates glutamatergic inputs to the supraoptic nucleus (SON) magnocellular neurosecretory cells (MNCs) putative vasopressin (VP) neurons ...
Toyoaki Ohbuchi +6 more
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The role of supraoptic hypothalamic arginine vasopressin neurons in aging-associated water balance and thermoregulatory deficits in male mice [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAging disrupts physiological homeostasis, impairing thermoregulation, metabolism, and water balance, but the underlying neural mechanisms remain unclear.
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