Preparation

Series of longitudinal sections through the metathoracic ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of the 5th stage larva of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria (Insecta, Orthoptera).

In
Collection 30

Collection
Number

ZIN-TVK-LNS-1-1

Species: Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)    Arthropoda

Preparation Type: paraffin sections

Prepared: T.V. Kuznetsova

Description: Histological staining with hematoxylin and eosin of serial sections of the metathoracic ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of a locust larva.

Method: eosin, hematoxylin

Method Description: The classical version of this method is described, for instance, in the handbook of microscopy methods: Mulisch, M., Welsch, U. Romeis - Mikroskopische Technik, 18. Auflage. - Heidelberg: Spektrum, 2010. - 568 p.

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

Series
of images

General structure of the metathoracic ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of the 5th stage larva of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria (Insecta, Orthoptera), longitudinal section through the ganglion.

Preparation

ZIN-TVK-LNS-1-1

Description: The image shows the neuropil and the neuron somas area, as well as descending pathways, which pass from the anterior connectives through the ganglion.

Organs: сentral nervous system, ganglion / ganglia, neuron(s), larval nervous system

Methods: Standard histology - hematoxylin,
Standard histology - eosin

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