Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of Bryozoa

Species: Cristatella mucedo Cuvier, 1798    Bryozoa

Description: Cristatella mucedo. Bottom view of the anal portion of the lophophore. Central nervous system of a zooid stained with antibodies to serotonin. The series shows the shape of the serotonin-positive part of the cerebral ganglion and large nerve cords innervating the horns of the lophophore.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, cerebral brain or its part, ganglion / ganglia, neural tract, peripheral nervous system, musculature innervation / musculature

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Histochemistry - F-actin in muscle fibers (Phalloidin)

Publications: 

1. Шунькина К.В., Старунов В.В., Зайцева О.В., Островский А.Н. Серотонин и FMRFамид- иммунореактивные элементы в нервной системе пресноводных мшанок (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) // Доклады Академии Наук. – 2013. – Т. 451. – №4. – С. 474-477.
2. Шунькина К.В., Старунов В.В., Зайцева О. В., Островский А.Н. Сравнительная нейроморфология лофофора и стенки тела трех видов пресноводных мшанок (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata) //Зоологический журнал. – 2014. – T. 93. – №3. – С. 497-507.
3. Shunkina K.V., Zaytseva O.V., Starunov V.V., Ostrovsky A.N. Comparative morphology of the nervous system in three phylactolaemate bryozoans // Frontiers in Zoology 2015, 12:28 doi:10.1186/s12983-015-0112-2.

Microscope: Leica TCS SPE

Stacks: 

Serotonin and musculature
Serotonin