Species: Ischnochiton hakodadensis Carpenter, 1893    Polyplacophora

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: L.P. Nezlin, E.E. Voronezhskaya

Description: Whole mount preparation of a chiton larvae, ventral view.

Method: acetylated alpha-tubulin, serotonin

Method Description: The method is described in:
Voronezhskaya E.E., Tsitrin E.B., Nezlin L.P. (2003) Neuronal development in larval polychaete Phyllodoce maculata (Phyllodocidae). J. Comp. Neurol. 455, 299-309.

Institution: Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology RAS

Description: Nervous system of a chiton larva. Sensory serotonin-containing neurons in the episphere. Cilia are show in red, serotonin-containing nerve elements in green.

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin