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- Title
Neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive Neurons in the Cerebral Cortex of Humans and Other Haplorrhine Primates.
- Authors
RAGHANTI, MARY ANN; CONLEY, TIFFINI; SUDDUTH, JESSICA; ERWIN, JOSEPH M.; STIMPSON, CHERYL D.; HOF, PATRICK R.; SHERWOOD, CHET C.
- Abstract
We examined the distribution of neurons immunoreactive for neuropeptide Y ( NPY) in the posterior part of the superior temporal cortex ( Brodmann's area 22 or area Tpt) of humans and nonhuman haplorrhine primates. NPY has been implicated in learning and memory and the density of NPY-expressing cortical neurons and axons is reduced in depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. Due to the role that NPY plays in both cognition and neurodegenerative diseases, we tested the hypothesis that the density of cortical and interstitial neurons expressing NPY was increased in humans relative to other primate species. The study sample included great apes (chimpanzee and gorilla), Old World monkeys (pigtailed macaque, moor macaque, and baboon) and New World monkeys (squirrel monkey and capuchin). Stereologic methods were used to estimate the density of NPY-immunoreactive (-ir) neurons in layers I- VI of area Tpt and the subjacent white matter. Adjacent Nissl-stained sections were used to calculate local densities of all neurons. The ratio of NPY-ir neurons to total neurons within area Tpt and the total density of NPY-ir neurons within the white matter were compared among species. Overall, NPY-ir neurons represented only an average of 0.006% of the total neuron population. While there were significant differences among species, phylogenetic trends in NPY-ir neuron distributions were not observed and humans did not differ from other primates. However, variation among species warrants further investigation into the distribution of this neuromodulator system. Am. J. Primatol. 75:415-424, 2013. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL cortex; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PRIMATOLOGY; NEURONS; NISSL bodies
- Publication
American Journal of Primatology, 2013, Vol 75, Issue 5, p415
- ISSN
0275-2565
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/ajp.22082