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ea0011p217 | Comparative endocrinology | ECE2006

Ontogeny of galanin and vasotocin immunoreactivity in the supraoptic nucleus (SON) and the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BSTM) in chickens

Klein S , Grossmann R

Vasotocin (AVT), the avian homolog of vasopressin, is synthesized in the BSTM of chickens in addition to the hypothalamo hypophysial axis. In previous reports, sex specific AVT–immunoreactivity(ir) in male BSTM (Jurkevich et al. 1999) and it’s ontogeny were demonstrated (Grossmann et al. 2002). In addition, galanin (Gal) was found in male BSTM co-localized to AVT. In the present study, the ontogeny of AVT- and Gal-ir was investigated in the SON as part ...