Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of free-living flatworms (Plathelminthes, "Turbellaria")

Species: Gieysztoria cuspidata (Schmidt, 1861)    Turbellaria

Description: Catecholaminergic neurons of the brain are distributed around the eyes. The image also shows the neuropile of the brain.

Comments: none

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

Methods: Histochemistry - catecholaminergic nervous elements (GIF)

Publications: Котикова Е.А. Катехоламинэргические нейроны в нервной системе Neorhabdocoela (Turbellaria) // Журн. эвол. биохим. и физиол., 2001. Т. 37, № 4. С. 323 – 328.

Microscope: Lumam I-2 with a film photocamera