Preparation

Distribution of serotonin (5HT) in the nervous system of the rotifer Asplanchna herricki (Rotifera)

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Collection 6

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-ROT-0-5

Species: Asplanchna herrickii (Guerne, 1888)    Rotifera

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: E.A. Kotikova, O.I. Raikova

Description: Imunostaining of 5HT-IR elements in the nervous system of Asplanchna herricki.

Method: FMRFamide

Method Description: The staining protocol is described in detail in: Kotikova, E.A. Raikova O.I., Reuter M., Gustafsson M.K.S. Rotifer nervous system visualized by FMRFamide and 5-HT immunocytochemistry and confocal laser scanning microscopy // Hydrobiologia. – 2005. – Vol. 546. – P. 239-248. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F1-4020-4408-9_24

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

Series
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Distribution of 5HT-IR elements in the nervous system of an embryo of Asplanchna herricki.

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-ROT-0-5

Description: 5HT-IR elements in the central nervous system of an embryo, iside the mother's body. You can see the neuropile, brain neurons, ventro-lateral cord.

Organs: сentral nervous system, cerebral brain or its part, neuron(s), nerve cord

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - FMRFamide

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