Collection: Nervous system in the ontogenesis of the migratory locust Locusta migratoria

Species: Locusta migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)    Arthropoda

Description: In the caudal part of the ganglion there are numerous branching dendrites of motoneurons that form paired motor nuclei. In the anterior part of the ganglion there are motoneuron fibers that form anterior motor crossing. The unpaired nerve of the vegetative nervous system enters the ganglion caudally, in the median part.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve plexus, dorsal (spinal) cord or ventral cord, ganglion / ganglia, nerve, neuron(s), larval nervous system, visceral nervous system

Methods: Neurohistology - supravital methylene blue staining

Publications: none

Microscope: Leica DMR with Canon EOS 100D

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Nervous elements on different optical layers of the ganglion, from ventral to dorsal surface