Preparation

Serotonergic nervous system and the musculature of the lophophore of the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata).

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Collection 7

Collection
Number

ZIN-KVS-0-5

Species: Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758)    Bryozoa

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: K.V. Shunklina

Description: Whole mount of a Plumatella repens zooid, stained with antibodies to 5HT and with phalloidin.

Method: F-actin in muscle fibers (Phalloidin), serotonin

Method Description: The staining method and protocol are described in detail in: Shunkina, K. V., Zaytseva, O. V., Starunov, V. V., & Ostrovsky, A. N. (2015). Comparative morphology of the nervous system in three phylactolaemate bryozoans. Frontiers in zoology, 12(1), 28. http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/12/1/28

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

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Serotonergic nervous system and musculature of Plumatella repens zooid.

Preparation

ZIN-KVS-0-5

Description: Zooid of a bryozoan with the central nervous system stained with antibodies to serotonin showing the shape of the serotonin-immunoreactive part of the cerberal ganglion and large nerve cords innervating the horns of the lophophore.

Organs: сentral nervous system, ganglion / ganglia, nerve cord, nerve

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Histochemistry - F-actin in muscle fibers (Phalloidin)

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