Preparation

Cholinergic nervous system of Cycloporus japonicus (Plathelminthes, Polycladida)

In
Collection 3

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-PLT-0-3

Species: Cycloporus japonicus Kato, 1944    Turbellaria

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: O.I. Raikova, E.A. Kotikova

Description: Сholinesterase distribution in the nervous system of Cycloporus japonicus.

Method: revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

Method Description: The staining protocol is described in detail in : Kotikova E.A. Histochemical method of studying the nervous system of flatworms // Parazitologiya, 1967. Vol. 1, No 1. P. 79 – 81. (In Russian)

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

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General view of the cholinergic nervous system of a polycladid species Cycloporus japonicus (Plathelminthes , Polycladida). Ventral view.

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-PLT-0-3

Description: Ventral view. Image shows one pair of longitudinal ventral nerve cords that produce numerous branches. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Organs: nerve cord, nerve plexus, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

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General view of the cholinergic nervous system of a polycladid species Cycloporus japonicus (Plathelminthes , Polycladida). Dorsal view.

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-PLT-0-3

Description: Dorsal view. Image shows one pair of longitudinal dorsal nerve cords that produce numerous branches. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Organs: nerve cord, nerve plexus, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

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