Preparation

Nervous system of the rotiferEuchlanis dilatata (Rotifera).

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Collection 6

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-ROT-0-2

Species: Euchlanis dilatata (Ehrenberg, 1832)    Rotifera

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: E.A. Kotikova, O.I. Raikova

Description: Double staining for FMRFamide and serotonin (5HT) in the central nervous system of Euchlanis dilatata.

Method: FMRFamide, serotonin

Method Description: The staining protocol is described in detail in: Kotikova, E.A. Raikova O.I., Reuter M., Gustafsson M.K.S. Rotifer nervous system visualized by FMRFamide and 5-HT immunocytochemistry and confocal laser scanning microscopy // Hydrobiologia. – 2005. – Vol. 546. – P. 239-248. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F1-4020-4408-9_24

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

Series
of images

Distribution of FMRF-amide-IR and 5HT- IR elements in the central nervous systems of Euchlanis dilatata (Rotifera).

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-ROT-0-2

Description: Distribution of FMRFamide and serotonin- (5HT) immunoreactive elements in the brain and one of the longitudinal nerve cords. This series was the first that showed the distribution of these elements in the nervous system of rotifers.

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, cerebral brain or its part, nerve, neuron(s)

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - FMRFamide,
Immunohistochemistry - serotonin

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