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Herbert, Z.* ; Rauser, S. ; Williams, L.* ; Kapan, N.* ; Güntner, M:* ; Walch, A.K. ; Boyan, G.*

Developmental expression of neuromodulators in the central complex of the grasshopper Schistocerca gregaria.

J. Morphol. 271, 1509-1526 (2010)
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The central complex is a major integrative region within the insect brain with demonstrated roles in spatial orientation, the regulation of locomotor behavior, and sound production. In the hemimetabolous grasshopper, the central complex comprises the protocerebral bridge, central body (CB), ellipsoid body, noduli, and accessory lobes, and this modular organization develops entirely during embryogenesis. From a biochemical perspective, a range of neuroactive substances has been demonstrated in these modules of the adult central complex, but little is known about their developmental expression. In this study, we use matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-imaging mass spectrometry on single brain slices to confirm the presence of several peptide families (tachykinin, allatostatin, periviscerokinin/pyrokinin, FLRFamide, and neuropeptide F) in the adult central complex and then use immunohistochemistry and histology to examine their developmental expression, together with that of the indolamin serotonin, and the endogenous messenger nitric oxide (NO; via its synthesizing enzyme). We find that each neuromodulator is expressed according to a unique, stereotypic, pattern within the various modules making up the central complex. Neuropeptides such as tachykinin (55%) and allatostatin (65%), and the NO-synthesizing enzyme diaphorase (70%), are expressed earlier during embryonic development than the biogenic amine serotonin (80%), whereas periviscerokinin-like peptides and FLRFamide-like peptides begin to be expressed only postembryonically. Within the CB, these neuroactive substances are present in tangential projection neurons before they appear in columnar neurons. There is also no colocalization of serotonin-positive and peptide-positive projections up to the third larval instar during development, consistent with the clear dorsoventral layering of the neuropil we observe. Our results provide the first neurochemical fingerprint of the developing central complex in an hemimetabolous insect.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Insect; Embryo; Midbrean; Peptides; Transmitters
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0362-2525
e-ISSN 1097-4687
Zeitschrift Journal of Morphology
Quellenangaben Band: 271, Heft: 12, Seiten: 1509-1526 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag Wiley
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Enabling and Novel Technologies
PSP-Element(e) G-500300-001
G-500390-001
PubMed ID 20960464
Scopus ID 78349298736
Erfassungsdatum 2010-11-29