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The 5th abdominal ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of a dragonfly nymph Aeschna grandis (Insecta, Odonata)

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ZIN-AAZ-NSI-5-1

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ZIN RAS

Collection: Nervous system of insects

Species: Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)    Arthropoda

Description: Region of cell bodies, neuropil, bodies and processes of neurons of the ganglion are stained. One can see connective nerve processes that go peripherally through the 1st and 2nd paired abdominal nerves.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, dorsal (spinal) cord or ventral cord, ganglion / ganglia, connective, larval nervous system

Methods: Neurohistology - supravital methylene blue staining

Publications: Заварзин А.А. Избранные труды. В 4 т. Т. 3. Очерки по эволюционной гистологии нервной системы. - М. ; Л. : Изд-во АН СССР, 1950. - 419 с. : ил.

Microscope: Leica DM4000 B with Leica DFC300 FX

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Fifth abdominal ganglion stained with methylene blue at different focal levels in the preparation

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