Collection: Nervous system of annelid and mollusk larvae

Species: Ischnochiton hakodadensis Carpenter, 1893    Polyplacophora

Description: Nervous system of a chiton larva. Sensory serotonin-containing neurons in the episphere. Cilia are show in red, serotonin-containing nerve elements in green.

Comments: none

Organs: larval nervous system

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Immunohistochemistry - acetylated alpha-tubulin

Publications: Voronezhskaya E.E., Tyurin S.A., Nezlin L.P. (2002) Neuronal development in larval chiton Ischnochiton hakodadensis (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). J. Comp. Neurol. 444, 25-38.

Microscope: Leica TCS SP5