Preparation

Cholinergic nervous system of the strobila of Bothriocephalus scorpii (Plathelminthes, Cestoda)

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Collection 4

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-TRE-0-8

Species: Bothriocephalus scorpii (Müller, 1776) Cooper, 1917    

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: A.A. Petrov, E.A. Kotikova, O.I. Raikova

Description: Сholinesterase distribution in the nervous system of the strobila of Bothriocephalus scorpii.

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

 

 

 

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General view of the cholinergic nervous system of the strobila of Bothriocephalus scorpii (Plathelminthes, Cestoda)

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-TRE-0-8

Description: Ventral view. Image shows longitudinal nerve cords, circular commissures, submuscular nerve plexus.

Organs: nerve cord, nerve plexus, commissure, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

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