Table 1.

Distribution of Kisspeptin/Kiss1 Cells in the Mammalian Nervous System

Species	Preoptic Region					Medial			ISH Reference	ICC Reference
	ARC	POA	AVPVa	ME	DMH	VMH	Amygdala	BNST
Human	+++	+							(Rometo et al., 2007)	(Hrabovszky et al., 2010)
Monkey	+++	++		+				+	(Rometo et al., 2007; Shahab et al., 2005; Smith et al., 2010)	(Ramaswamy et al., 2008; Ramaswamy et al., 2010)
Sheep	+++	++			+	+			(Estrada, 2006; Smith et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2009)	(Cheng et al., 2010; Franceschini et al., 2006; Goodman et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2008; Smith et al., 2009)
Rat	+++		++						(Adachi et al., 2007; Irwig et al., 2004; Kauffman et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2006; Takase, 2009)	(Desroziers et al., 2010; Kinoshita et al., 2005; Takase, 2009)
Mouse	++		++		+		+	+	(Gottsch et al., 2004; Han et al., 2005; Kauffman, 2007; Smith et al., 2005a; Smith et al., 2005b)	(Clarkson and Herbison, 2006; Clarkson et al., 2009)
Hamster	++		++						(Ansel et al., 2010; Revel et al., 2006)	(Greives et al., 2007; Mason et al., 2007)
Goat	+++									(Ohkura et al., 2009; Wakabayashi et al., 2010)
Horse	+++				+					(Decourt et al., 2008; Magee et al., 2009)

+++, large (50–150); ++, moderate (15–50); +, few (<15 or numbers not reported);

^aIncludes cells in PeN;

^bCaraty anti-Kp10 used for ICC detection