Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of the Rotifera

Species: Euchlanis dilatata (Ehrenberg, 1832)    Rotifera

Description: Distribution of FMRFamide and serotonin- (5HT) immunoreactive elements in the brain and one of the longitudinal nerve cords. This series was the first that showed the distribution of these elements in the nervous system of rotifers.

Comments: none

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

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - FMRFamide,
Immunohistochemistry - serotonin

Publications: Fig. 4 a) and b) 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

Microscope: Leica TCS 4D