Unilateral paramedian-sagittal brain cut extending from the level of the anterior commissure to the midlevel of the third ventricle above the amygdala affects gonadal function in male rat: A lateralized effect

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-87

  Banczerowski, P ^a,b   Csernus, V ^c   Gerendai, Ida ^a  

^a Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSURGERY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Deafferentation; Insular cortex; Laterality; LH; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SECRETION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEPTAL NUCLEI; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037231921     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.54.2003.1.8     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bakalkin, Gy. A., Tsibezov, V. V., Sjutkin, E. A., Veselova, S. P., Novikov, I. D., Krivosheev, O. G. (1984) Lateralization of LHRH in rat hypothalamus. Brain Res. 296, 361-364.
2. Banczerowski, P., Csaba, Zs., Csernus, V., Gerendai, I. (2000) The effect of callosotomy on testicular steroidogenesis in hemiorchidectomized rats: A pituitary-independent regulatory mechanism. Brain Res. Bull. 53, 227-232.
3. Banczerowski, P., Csaba, Zs., Csernus, V., Gerendai, I. (2001) Lesion of the insular cortex affects luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion of rat. Lateralized effect. Brain Res. 906, 25-30.
4. Cechetto, D. F., Saper, C. D. (1990) Role of the cerebral cortex in autonomic function. In: Loewy, A. D., Saper, K. M. (eds) Central Regulation of Autonomic Function. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, pp. 208-223.
5. Csernus, V. (1982) Antibodies of high affinity and specificity for radioimmunological determination of progesterone, testosterone and estradiol-17β. In: Görög, S. (ed.) Advances in Steroid Analysis. Akadémiai Kiadé, Budapest, pp. 171-177.
6. Edwards, H. E., MacLusky, N. J., Burnham, W. M. (2000) The effect of seizures and kindling on reproductive hormones in the rat. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 24, 753-762.
7. Gerendai, I., Csaba, Zs., Vokó, Z., Csernus, V. (1995) Involvement of a direct neural mechanism in the control of gonadal functions. J. Steroid Molec. Biol. 53, 1-6.
8. Gerendai, I., Halász, B. (1997) Neuroendocrine asymmetry. Front. Neuroendocrinol. 18, 354-381.
9. Gerendai, I., Halász, B. (2001) Asymmetry of the neuroendocrine system. News Physiol. Sci. 16, 92-95.
10. Gerendai, I., Rotsztejn, W., Marchetti, B., Kordon, C., Scapagnini, U. (1978) Unilateral ovariectomy-induced luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone content changes in the two halves of the mediobasal hypothalamus. Neurosci. Lett. 9, 333-336.
11. Gerendai, I., Tóth, I. E., Boldogkoi, Zs., Medveczky, I., Halász, B. (1998) Neuronal labeling in the rat brain and spinal cord from the ovary using viral transneuronal tracing technique. Neuroendocrinology, 68, 244-256.
12. Gerendai, I., Tóth, I. E., Boldogköi, Zs., Medveczky, I., Halász, B. (2000) CNS structures labeled from the testis using the transsynaptic tracing technique. J. Neuroendocrinol. 12, 1087-1095.
13. Herzog, A. G., Seibel, M. M., Schomer, D. L., Vaitukaitis, J. L., Geschwind, N. (1986) Reproductive endocrine disorders in men with partial seizures of temporal lobe origin. Arch. Neurol. 43, 347-350.
14. Inase, A., Machida, T. (1992) Differential effects of right-sided and left-sided orchidectomy on lateral asymmetry of LHRH cells in the mouse brain. Brain Res. 580, 338-340.
15. Mizunuma, H., DePalatis, L. R., McCann, S. M. (1983) Effect of unilateral orchidectomy on plasma FSH concentration: Evidence for a direct neural connection between testes and CNS. Neuroendocrinology, 37, 291-296.
16. Moran, J. L., Cruz, M. E., Dominguez, R. (1994) Differences in the ovulatory response to unilateral lesions in the preoptic and anterior hypothalamic area performed on each day of the estrous cycle of adult rats. Brain Res. Bull. 33, 663-668.
17. Nance, D. M., Bhargava, M., Myatt, G. A. (1984) Further evidence for hypothalamic asymmetry in endocrine control of the ovary. Brain Res. Bull. 13, 651-655.
18. Nance, D. M., Moger, W. H. (1982) Ipsilateral hypothalamic deafferentation blocks the increase in serum FSH following hemicastration. Brain Res. Bull. 8, 299-302.
19. Paxinos, G., Watson, C. (1997) The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates. Academic Press, San Diego-London.
20. Price, J. R. (1981) The efferent connections of the amygdaloid complex in the rat, cat and monkey. In: Ben-Ari, Y. (ed.) The Amygdaloid Complex. Elsevier/North Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 125-132.
21. Risold, P. Y., Thompson, R. H., Swanson, L. W. (1997) The structural organization of connections between hypothalamus and cerebral cortex. Brain Res. Rev. 24, 197-254.
22. Yasui, Y., Breder, C. S., Saper, C. B., Cechetto, D. F. (1991) Autonomic responses and efferent pathways from the insular cortex in the rat. J. Comp. Neurol. 303, 355-374.