2015年11月
Glucocorticoid receptor exhibits sexually dimorphic expression in the medaka brain
GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY
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- 巻
- 223
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- 開始ページ
- 47
- 終了ページ
- 53
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.031
- 出版者・発行元
- ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
The differential impact of stress on brain functions of males and females has been widely observed in vertebrates. Recent evidence suggests that stress-induced glucocorticoid signaling affects sexual differentiation and sex changes in teleost fish. These facts led us to postulate that there were sex differences in glucocorticoid signaling in the teleost brain that underlie some sex differences in their physiological and behavioral traits. Here we found sexually dimorphic expression of a glucocorticoid receptor gene (gr1) in the brain of medaka fish (Oryzias latipes), with females having greater expression in several preoptic and thalamic nuclei. Further, gr1 exhibits female-biased expression in neurons of the anterior parvocellular preoptic nucleus that produce the neuropeptides vasotocin and gonadotropin-releasing hormone 1 (these neuropeptides have been implicated in the regulation of neuroendocrine and behavioral functions). These findings suggest that glucocorticoids have a greater influence on physiology and behavior mediated by these neuropeptides in females than in males, which may contribute to sex differences in the brain's response to stress. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.09.031
- ISSN : 0016-6480
- eISSN : 1095-6840
- PubMed ID : 26433060
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000366438300006