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

Species: Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831    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: "Процедура окраски подробно описана в статьях:Kotikova E.A. Glyoxylic acid induced fluorescence in the nervous system of Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae) // Hydrobiologia, 1995. Vol. 305. P. 135 – 139.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