Table 2.

Distribution of Kisspeptin fibers in the Mammalian Nervous System

Species	ARC	POA	AVPVa	Internal ME	External ME	PVN	DMH	SON	BNST	Lateral Septum	Other Regions	Reference
Human	++	++	++	++	+	+	+			+	+b	(Hrabovszky et al., 2010)
Monkey	++	+		++	+							(Ramaswamy et al., 2008; Ramaswamy et al., 2010)
Sheep	++	+		++	+		+					(Franceschini et al., 2006; Goodman et al., 2007; Smith et al., 2008)
Rat	++	+	+	++	+	++	+	+	+	+	+c	(Adachi et al., 2007; Desroziers et al., 2010; Kinoshita et al., 2005; Takase, 2009)
Mouse	++		+	++		+	+	+	+	+	+d	(Clarkson and Herbison, 2006; Clarkson et al., 2009)
Hamster	++		+	++								(Mason et al., 2007)
Goat	++	+		++	+							(Ohkura et al., 2009; Wakabayashi et al., 2010)
Horse	++	+		++								(Decourt et al., 2008)

++, dense fibers; +, moderate or few fibers; PVN, paraventricular nucleus

^aIncludes fibers in the median preoptic nucleus, AVPV, and PeN;

^bOther regions include: VMH, LHA;

^cOther regions include: suprachiasmatic nucleus, septohypothalamic area, medial septum;

^dOther regions include: medial septum, paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus, medial amygdala, periaqueductal gray, locus coeruleus.