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## Abstract Mapping of FMRFamidergic neural circuitry in the amphibian brain has been done by immunohistochemical methods. Comparative evidence suggests that there are similarities and differences in the overall pattern of distribution of FMRFamide‐ir elements in the brain among the three amphibian orders and within each order. FMRFamide is expressed in neurons in some circumscribed areas of the brain. A part of these neurons is concentrated in classical neurosecretory areas of the hypothalamus in a bilaterally symmetrical fashion. Similar neurons occur occasionally in the midbrain, but are virtually absent from the hindbrain. Anurans are unique among amphibians to show FMRFamide neurons in the medial septum and diagonal band of Broca. A viviparous gymnophione is known to possess a small population of such neurons in the dorsal thalamus. Together, the FMRFamide neurons contribute to an extensive fiber network throughout the amphibian brain. Descriptive developmental studies suggest that the rostral forebrain‐located FMRFamide neurons originate in the olfactory placode and then migrate into the brain along the route of the vomeronasal‐olfactory‐terminal nerve complex. Olfactory plac

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Author

Rakesh K. Rastogi; Biagio D'Aniello; Claudia Pinelli; Maria Fiorentino; Maria M. Di Fiore; Maria Di Meglio; Luisa Iela

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1059-910X)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)