Collection: Histological preparations of the nervous system of Annelida

Species: Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758    Annelida

Description: Elements of the motor neuropil in the ganglion of the ventral nerve cords of a leech. The series shows a dendritic arborization typical for the motor neurons of leeches, which is located ipsilaterally in the neuropil of the ganglion. The series also shows fibers of the sensory neuropil passing through the ganglion inside the connectives.

Comments: none

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, dorsal (spinal) cord or ventral cord, ganglion / ganglia, connective, nerve, neuron(s)

Methods: Neurohistology - supravital methylene blue staining

Publications: Лагутенко Ю. П. Структурная организация туловищного мозга аннелид. (Эволюционно-нейроморфологический анализ). 1981. Л.: Наука. 128 с. (стр. 52, рис. 40)

Microscope: Leica DM4000 B with Leica DFC300 FX

Stacks: 

Series of optical sections in the "upper" part of the preparation
Series of optical sections in the "lower" part of the preparation