Neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and receptors in the brain

Biogenic amines

Guglielmone R., Panzica G.C.(1982) Topographic, morphologic and developmental characterization of the nucleus loci coerulei in the chicken. A Golgi and fluorescence-histochemical study. Cell Tissue Res. 225: 95-110.

Guglielmone R., Panzica G.C.(1984) Typology, distribution and development of the catecholamine-containing neurons in the chicken brain. Cell Tissue Res. 237: 67-79

Guglielmone R., Panzica GC (1985) Early appearance of catecholaminergic neurons in the central nervous system of precocial and altricial avian species. A fluorescence-histochemical study. Cell Tissue Res. 240: 381-384

Cozzi B., Viglietti-Panzica C., Aste N., Panzica G.C. (1991) The serotoninergic system of the japanese quail brain. An immunohistochemical study. Cell Tissue Res. 263, 271-284.


Nitric oxide

Panzica G.C., Arévalo R., Sànchez F., Alonso J.R., Aste N., Viglietti-Panzica C., Aijòn J., Vàzquez R. (1994) Topographical distribution of reduced nicotin adenin diphosphate (NADPH)-diaphorase in the brain of the Japanese quail. J. Comp. Neurol., 342, 97-114.

Panzica G.C., Garzino A., Garcia-Ojeda E. (1996) Coexistence of NADPH-diaphorase and tyrosine hydroxylase in the mesencephalic catecholaminergic system of the Japanese quail. J.Chem.Neuroanat., 11: 37-47

Sánchez F., Alonso J.R., Arévalo R., Brüning G., Panzica G.C. (1996) Absence of coexistence between NADPH-diaphorase and antidiuretic hormone in the hypothalamus of two galliforms: Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) and chicken (Gallus domesticus). Neurosci.Lett., 216, 155-158.

Cozzi B., Massa R., Panzica G.C. (1997) The NADPH-diaphorase containing system in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Cell Tissue Res., 287, 101-112.

Panzica G.C., Garzino A. (1997) Anatomically specific colocalization of NADPH-diaphorase and cholinacetyltransferase in the quail brainstem. Neurosci.Lett., 231, 151-154.

Panzica G.C., Cozzi B., Viglietti-Panzica C. (1998) Colocalization studies in the avian brain provide new insights on the roles of NO in higher vertebrates. Europ.J.Anat., 2, 63-76.

Collado P., Guillamon A., Pinos H., Perez-Izquierdo M.A., Garcia-Falgeras A., Carrillo B., Rodriguez C., Panzica G.C. (2003) NADPH-diaphorase activity increases during estrous phase in the bed nucleus of the accessory olfactory tract in the female rat. Brain Res., 983: 223–229.

Gotti S., Chiavegatto S., Sica M., Viglietti-Panzica C., Nelson R.J., Panzica G.C. (2004) Alteration of NO-producing system in the basal forebrain and hypothalamus of Ts65Dn mice: an immunohistochemical and histochemical study of a murine model for Down syndrome. Neurobiol. Dis, 16:563-71

Gotti S., Sica M., Viglietti-Panzica C., Panzica G.C. (2005) Distribution of nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in the mouse brain. Micr. Res. Techn., 68: 13-35

Carrillo B., Pinos, H., Guillamon A., Panzica G.C., Collado P. (2007) Morphometrical and neurochemical changes in the anteroventral subdivision of the rat medial amygdala during estrous cycle. Brain Res., 1150:83-93.

Martini M., Di Sante G., Collado P., Pinos H., Guillamon A., Panzica G.C. (2008) Androgen receptors are required for full masculinization of nitric oxide synthase system in rat limbic hypothalamic region. Hormones and Behavior, 54: 557-564.

Sica M., Martini M., Viglietti-Panzica C., Panzica G.C. (2009) Estrous cycle influences the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the hypothalamus and limbic system of female mice. BMC Neuroscience, 10:78 

Gotti S., Martini M., Pradotto M., Viglietti-Panzica C., Panzica C. (2009) Rapid changes on nitrinergic system in female mouse hippocampus during the ovarian cycle. J. Chem. Neuroanatomy, in press


<>Melatonin

Cozzi B., Stankov B., Viglietti-Panzica C., Capsoni S., Aste N., Lucini V., Fraschini F., Panzica G.C. (1993) Distribution and pharmacological characterization of melatonin receptors in the brain of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Neurosci. Lett., 150, 149-152.

Panzica G.C., Fraschini F., Aste N., Lucini V., Viglietti-Panzica C., Cozzi B., Stankov B. (1994) The density of melatonin receptors is dependent upon prevailing photoperiod in the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). Neurosci. Lett., 173, 11-114.

Aste N., Cozzi B., Stankov B., Panzica G.C. (2001) Sexual differences and effect of photoperiod on melatonin receptor in avian brain. Microsc. Res. Techn.,55, 37-47.


Vasotocin/Vasopressin

Panzica G.C. (1985) Vasotocin-immunoreactive elements and neuronal typology in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the chicken and quail. Cell Tissue Res. 242: 371-376

Viglietti-Panzica C. (1986) Immunohistochemical study of the distribution of vasotocin reacting neurons in avian diencephalon. J Hirnforsch. 27: 559-566.

Sanchez F., Panzica G.C., Viglietti-Panzica C., Aste N., Carretero J., Vazquez R. (1991) A comparative analysis of the vasotocin and vasopressin systems in the chicken and rat hypothalamus. An immunocytochemical study. J. Hirnforsch., 32: 27-37 <>

Panzica G.C., Fiori M.G., Viglietti-Panzica C. (1986) Vasotocin fibers in the mesencephalon and pons of the domestic fowl. An immunohistochemical study. Neurosci. Lett. 68: 155-159.

Panzica G.C., Calcagni M., Ramieri G., Viglietti-Panzica C. (1988) Extrahypothalamic distribution of vasotocin-immunoreactive fibers and perikarya in the avian central nervous system. Basic Appl. Histochem., 32: 89-94.

Panzica G.C., Plumari L., García-Ojeda E., Deviche P. (1999) Central vasotocin-immunoreactive system in a male passerine migratory bird (Junco hyemalis). J.Comp.Neurol., 409, 105-117.

Jurkevich A, Grossmann R, Balthazart J, Viglietti-Panzica C. (2001) Gender-related changes in the avian vasotocin system during ontogeny. Microsc Res Tech. 55, 27-36.

Panzica, G.C., Aste, N., Castagna, C., Viglietti Panzica, C. and Balthazart, J. (2001)  Steroid-induced plasticity in the sexually dimorphic vasotocinergic innervation of the avian brain: behavioral implications, Brain Res.Rev., 37, 178-200.

Panzica G.C., Pessatti M., Balthazart J., Viglietti-Panzica C. (2002) The parvocellular vasotocin system of Japanese quail: a developmental and adult model to study influences of gonadal hormones on sexually differentiated and behaviorally relevant neural circuits. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110, Suppl.3, 423-428.

Plumari L., Viglietti-Panzica C., Allieri F., Honda S., Harada N., Balthazart J., Panzica G.C. (2002) Changes in the arginine-vasopressin immunoreactive systems in male mice lacking a functional aromatase gene. J. Neuroendocrinology, 14, 971-978.

Plumari L., Plateroti S., Deviche P., Panzica G.C. (2004) Region-specific testosterone modulation of the vasotocin-immunoreactive system in male Dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis. Brain Res., 999: 1-8.

Fabris C., Ballarin C., Massa R., Granato A., Fabiani O., Panzica G.C., Cozzi B. (2004) The vasotocinergic system in the hypothalamus and limbic region of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Europ. J. Histochem., 48: 367-372

Viglietti-Panzica C., Montoncello B., Mura E., Pessatti M., Panzica G.C. (2005) Organizational effects of diethylstilbestrol on brain vasotocin and sexual behavior in male quail. Brain Res. Bulletin, 65: 225-233

De Vries G.J., Panzica G.C. (2006) Sexual differentiation of central vasopressin and vasotocin systems in vertebrates: different mechanisms, similar endpoints. Neuroscience, 138: 947-955.

Pierman S., Sica M., Allieri F., Viglietti-Panzica C., Panzica G.C., Bakker J. (2008) Activational effects of estradiol and dihydrotestosterone on social recognition and the arginine-vasopressin immunoreactive system in male mice lacking a functional aromatase gene. Horm. Behav., 54: 98-106.

Viglietti-Panzica C., Mura E., Panzica G.C. (2007) Effects of early exposure to genistein on male copulatory behavior and vasotocin system of Japanese quail. Horm. Behav. 51: 355-363

Mattsson A., Mura E., Brunstrom B., Panzica G.C., Halldin K. (2008) Selective activation of estrogen receptor alpha in Japanese quail embryos affects reproductive organ differentiation but not the male sexual behavior or the parvocellular vasotocin system. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol., 159: 150-157.

Mura E., Barale C., Quinn M.J.jr, Panzica G.C., Ottinger M.A., Viglietti-Panzica C. (2009) Organizational effects of DDE on brain vasotocin system in male Japanese quail, Neurotoxicology,30: 479-484.

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NPY

Aste N., Viglietti-Panzica C., Fasolo A., Andreone C., Vaudry H., Pelletier G., Panzica G.C. (1991) Organization of neuropeptide Y (NPY) immunoreactive cells and fibres in the brain of the Japanese quail. Cell Tissue Res., 265: 219-230.
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Oberto A., Tolosano E., Brusa R., Altruda F., Panzica G.C., Eva C. (1998) The murine 5' upstream sequence directs cell-specific and developmentally regulated LacZ expression in transgenic mice. Europ.J.Neurosci., 10, 3257-3268.

Eva C., Panzica G.C., Altruda F.  (2000) Analysis of the promoter activity in vitro and in transgenic mice: a model to study regulation of neuropeptide receptor gene expression. Analyt. Pharmacol, 1, 98-103.

Oberto A., Panzica G.C., Altruda F., Eva C. (2000) Chronic modulation of GABAA receptor complex regulates Y1 receptor gene expression in the medial amygdala of transgenic mice. Neuropharmacology, 39, 227-234

Zammaretti F., Panzica G.C., Eva C. (2001) Fasting, leptin treatment and glucose administration differentially regulate Y1 receptor gene expression in the hypothalamus of transgenic mice. Endocrinology, 142, 3774-3782.

Oberto A., Panzica G.C., Altruda F., Eva C. (2001) GABAergic and NPY-Y1 network in the medial amygdala: a neuroanatomical basis for their functional interaction. Neuropharmacology, 41, 639-642.

Ferrara G., Serra M., Zammaretti F., Pisu M.G., Panzica G.C., Biggio G., Eva C. (2001) Increased expression of the neuropeptide Y receptor Y1 gene in the medial amigdala of transgenic mice induced by long-term treatment with progesterone or allopregnanolone. J.Neurochem, 79, 417-425.

Oberto A., Mele P., Zammaretti F., Panzica G.C., Eva C. (2003) Evidence of altered neuropeptide Y content and neuropeptide Y1 receptor gene expression in the hypothalamus of pregnant transgenic mice. Endocrinology, 144: 4826-4830

Eva C., Mele P., Oberto A., Panzica G.C., Pisu M.G., Serra M. (2004) Neuroanatomical and pharmacological evidence for a functional interaction between GABAergic and NPY-Y1 transmission in the amygdala of Y1R/LacZ transgenic mice. Critical Rewies in Neurobiology 16: 33-41

Zammaretti F., Panzica G.C., Eva C. (2007) Sex-dependent regulation of hypothalamic NPY-Y1 receptor gene expression in moderate/high fat, high energy diet fed mice. J.Physiology (London), 583: 445-454


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Other neuropeptides



Panzica G.C., Viglietti-Panzica C., Fasolo A., Vandesande F. (1986) CRF-like immunoreactive system in the quail brain. J. Hirnforsch. 27: 539-557.

Korf H.-W., Panzica G.C., Viglietti-Panzica C., Oksche A. (1988) Pattern of peptidergic neurons in the avian brain: Clusters - Local circuitries - Projections. Basic Appl. Histochem., 32: 55-75.

Fasolo G.C., Panzica G.C., Viglietti-Panzica C., Renda T., D'Este L. (1988) Comparative chemical anatomy of the brain: concepts and methods. Basic Appl. Histochem., 32: 15-30.

Foster R.G., Panzica G.C., Parry D.M., Viglietti-Panzica C. (1988) Immunocytochemical demonstration of changes in the LHRH system of male but not female Japanese quail under long and short photoperiods. Cell Tissue Res., 253: 327-335.

Cameron-Curry P., Aste N., Viglietti-Panz ica C., Panzica G.C. (1991) Immunocytochemical distribution of glial fibrillary acidic protein in the central nervous system of the Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica). Anat.Embryol. 184: 571-581

Viglietti-Panzica C., Panzica G.C. (1991) Peptidergic neurons in the avian brain. Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. Biol. Anim., 12, 137-155.

Aste N., Viglietti-Panzica C., Fasolo A., Panzica G.C. (1995) Mapping of neurochemical markers in quail central nervous system: VIP- and SP-like immunoreactivity. J.Chem. Neuroanat., 8, 87-102.

Aste N., Balthazart J., Absil P., Grossmann R., Mülhbauer E., Viglietti-Panzica C. and Panzica G. C. Anatomical, neurochemical and hodological definition of the nucleus of the stria terminalis in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). J.Comp.Neurol., 396, 141-157.

Panzica G.C., Mura E., Miceli D., Martini M.A., Gotti S., Viglietti-Panzica C. (2009) Effects of xenoestrogens on the differentiation of behaviorally-relevant neural circuits in higher vertebrates. In: Trends in Comparative Endocrinology and Neurobiology (Vallarino M., Coast G., Roubos E.W., Vaudry H. eds). Ann. New York Acad Sci., 1163: 271-278.




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