Oxytocin-secreting neurons: A physiological model of morphological neuronal and glial plasticity in the adult hypothalamus

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology
D T Theodosis

Abstract

Oxytocin-secreting neurons of the hypothalamoneurohypophysial system undergo reversible morphological changes whenever they are strongly stimulated. In the hypothalamus, such structural plasticity is represented by modifications in the size and shape of their somata and dendrites, in the extent to which their surfaces are covered by glia, and in the density of their synapses. In the neurohypophysis, there is a parallel reduction in glial (pituicyte) coverage of their axons together, with retraction of pituicyte processes from the perivascular basal lamina and an increase in the number and size of their terminals. These changes occur rapidly, within a few hours. On the other hand, the system returns to its prestimulated condition on arrest of stimulation at a rate that depends on the length of time it has remained activated. Such neuronal-glial changes have several functional consequences. In the hypothalamic nuclei, reduction in astrocytic coverage of oxytocinergic neurons and their synapses modifies extracellular ionic homeostasis and glutamate clearance and, therefore, their overall excitability. Since it results in extensive dendritic bundling, it may also lead to ephaptic interactions and may facilitate dendritic electroton...Continue Reading

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