PreparationGanglion of the ventral nerve cord of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Rhynchobdellida). |
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Collection ZIN-LAG-GNA-11-1 |
Species: Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Annelida Preparation Type: dissected organ Prepared: Yu.P. Lagutenko Description: Dissected ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of a leech with fragments of paired connectives and symmetrical lateral nerves arising from the ganglion. Method: supravital methylene blue staining Method Description: Methylene blue supravital staining. The staining protocol is described in detail in : Lagutenko Yu.P. The structural organization of the trunk brain of annelids. (Evolutionary neuromorphological analysis). 1981. Leningrad: Nauka. 128 p. (In Russian) Institution: Zoological Institute RAS |
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Preparation ZIN-LAG-GNA-11-1 |
Description: Elements of the motor neuropil in the ganglion of the ventral nerve cords of a leech. The series shows a dendritic arborization typical for the motor neurons of leeches, which is located ipsilaterally in the neuropil of the ganglion. The series also shows fibers of the sensory neuropil passing through the ganglion inside the connectives. Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, dorsal (spinal) cord or ventral cord, ganglion / ganglia, connective, nerve, neuron(s) Methods: Neurohistology - supravital methylene blue staining |
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