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

Species: Castrella truncata (Abildgaard, 1789)    Turbellaria

Description: Ventral view. Image shows the brain, two pairs of longitudinal nerve cords, brain neurons.

Comments: none

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

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - FMRFamide,
Immunohistochemistry - serotonin

Publications: Kotikova E.A., Raikova O.I., Reuter M., Gustafsson M.K.S. The nervous and muscular system in the free-living flatworm Castrella truncata (Rhabdocoela): an immunocytochemical and phalloidin fluorescence study // Tissue & Cell. 2002. Vol. 34, N 5. P. 365 – 374.

Microscope: Leica TCS 4D