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Catecholamines have been shown to modulate gonadal functions via interactions with hypothalamic LH-releasing hormone (LHRH)-synthesizing neurons. To reveal the morphological background of this phenomenon, the distribution of LHRH neurons and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-immunoreactive (IR), catecholaminergic structures were mapped in the human diencephalon. First, the location of LHRH and TH-IR neuronal elements was analyzed, and then the relationship between the two different systems was examined. The LHRH-IR cell bodies were mainly present in the medial preoptic and infundibular areas. The TH-IR perikarya were located in the periventricular, paraventricular, and supraoptic hypothalamic nuclei and also in the median eminence. The TH-IR fibers were numerous in septal, infundibular, periventricular, and lateral hypothalamic regions. The brown, diaminobenzidine-labeled LHRH-containing perikarya were found to receive black, silver-intensified, TH-positive axon terminals in the infundibular and medial preoptic areas. However, in the preoptic and caudal parts of the diencephalon, only a few juxtapositions were noted. The present results indicate that hormone released from diencephalic LHRH-IR neurons in humans may be influenced by the central catecholaminergic system via direct synaptic mechanisms.

Catecholaminergic Axons Innervate LH-Releasing Hormone Immunoreactive Neurons of the Human Diencephalon