Preparation

Cholinergic nervous system of Itaspiella helgolandica magna (Plathelminthes, Otoplanidae)

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Collection 3

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-PLT-0-2

Species: Itaspiella helgolandica magna (Ax, 1967)    Turbellaria

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: unknown

Description: Сholinesterase distribution in the nervous system of Itaspiella helgolandica magna.

Method: revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

Method Description: The staining protocol is described in detail in: Kotikova E.A. Histochemical method of studying the nervous system of flatworms // Parazitologiya, 1967. Vol. 1, No 1. P. 79 – 81. (In Russian)

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

Series
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General view of the cholinergic nervous system of a proseriate species Itaspiella helgolandica magna (Plathelminthes, Otoplanidae)

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-PLT-0-2

Description: Ventral view. Image shows the brain and 3 pairs of longitudinal nerve cords (dorsal, ventral and lateral). Note many circular commissures between the cords. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, nerve plexus, cerebral brain or its part, commissure, nerve, neural tract, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

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