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Differential effects of oxytocin on olfactory, hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis in adult sheep

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New neurons are continuously added in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, the olfactory bulb and the hypothalamus of mammalian brain. In sheep, while the control of adult neurogenesis by the social environment or the photoperiod has been the subject of several studies, its regulation by intrinsic factors, like hormones or neurotransmitters is less documented. We addressed this question by investigating the effects of central oxytocin administration on hippocampal, olfactory and hypothalamic neurogenesis. Endogenous markers, Ki67, Sox2 and DCX were used to assess cell proliferation, progenitor cells density and cell survival respectively in non-gestant ewes receiving a steroid treatment followed by intracerebroventricular injections of either oxytocin or saline. The results showed that oxytocin treatment significantly decreases the density of neuroblasts in the olfactory bulb, increases the density of neuroblasts in the ventromedian nucleus of the hypothalamus while no change is observed in both ventral and dorsal dentate gyms. In addition, no change in the density of progenitor cells is found in the three neurogenic niches. These findings show for the first time that in females, oxytocin can regulate adult neurogenesis by acting on neuroblasts but not on progenitor cells and that this regulation is region specific.
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hal-02380232 , version 1 (20-07-2022)

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Frédéric Lévy, M. Batailler, M. Meurisse, Matthieu Keller, F. Cornilleau, et al.. Differential effects of oxytocin on olfactory, hippocampal and hypothalamic neurogenesis in adult sheep. Neuroscience Letters, 2019, 713, pp.134520. ⟨10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134520⟩. ⟨hal-02380232v1⟩
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