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Serotonergic nervous system of Fredericella sultana lophophore. Annotated Image

  

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Authors: K.V. Shunklina

Color Channels:

Violet — alpha-tubulin
Green — serotonin

Notation:

cg – cerebral ganglion,
lh – lophophore horns,
ln – lophophore nerves,
mrn – main radial nerve,
nbo – neuron bodies,
tc – tentacle ciliature,
tn – tentacle nerves,

Scale bar: 50 µm.

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Zooid of Fredericella sultana. Serotonergic nervous system of the lophophore stained with antibodies to serotonin. Double staining with antibodies to alpha-tubulin reveals the localization of serotonergic nerve fibers among other nervous elements of the lophophore.
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