[Dynamics, following axotomy, of the A1 and A2 median protocerebral neurosecretory cells of the African locust. I. Histophysiological study]

Arch Anat Microsc Morphol Exp. 1977;66(4):291-303.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In the African locust, the secretory dynamics of the A1 and A2 median protocerebral neurosecretory cells (M-NSC) is evaluated by the product content and the gonadotropic action of these cells. The axotomy of the A1 and A2 M-NSC disturbes their secretory dynamics. The axonal regeneration, if it leads to a reconnexion with the corpora cardiaca (CC), restores a normal secretory dynamics of the M-NSC. Without reconnexion to the CC, the nervi corpori cardiaci interni (NCCI) do note regenerate or regenerate to form new nerve endings. In these cases, the secretory dynamics of the M-NSC remains more or less inhibited specially that of the A2 M-NSC which can be completely suppressed. A functional state of the A2 M-NSC could be necessary for the beginning of the vitellogenesis. In the CC, separated from the regenerating M-NSC, the A1 and A2 neurosecretory products are transformed into large globules which became intensively basophil before disappearance.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Axons / surgery
  • Female
  • Gonadotropins / metabolism*
  • Grasshoppers / metabolism*
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Nerve Regeneration
  • Neurosecretory Systems / metabolism*
  • Ovary / growth & development
  • Yolk Sac / physiology

Substances

  • Gonadotropins