Species: Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824)    

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 a mature Diphyllobothrium dendriticum.

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

Description: Image shows longitudinal nerve cords, circular comissures, submuscular nerve plexus.

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

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff