Abstract
The recent cloning of a second form of the estrogen receptor (ER-β) has made it possible to map the distribution of ER-β mRNA-containing perikarya in the rat hypothalamus. The present in situ hybridization histochemical studies have detected ER-β mRNA in the medial preoptic area; the anterior periventricular, paraventricular, supraoptic, arcuate, medial tuberal and medial mammillary nuclei; the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, and zona incerta. As previously described for the classical ER (ER-α) mRNA, a dense accumulation of ER-β mRNA-expressing perikarya is present in the medial preoptic area and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. In contrast, ER-β mRNA was also concentrated in the paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei, brain regions which contain little or no ER-α mRNA. Moreover, the arcuate and ventromedial nuclei, areas with abundant ER-α, contain only a weak level of ER-β hybridization signal. The description of ER-β mRNA-containing perikarya in the rat hypothalamus provides a foundation for further morphological and physiological studies aimed at elucidating the role of ER-β in the hypothalamus.
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