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Serotonergic nervous system, musculature and nerves of Fredericella sultana lophophore. Annotated Image

  

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Authors: K.V. Shunklina

Color Channels:

Violet — alpha-tubulin
Green — serotonin
Red — phalloidin

Notation:

bwm – body wall musculature,
cg – cerebral ganglion,
itm – intertentacular membrane,
lh – lophophore horns,
ln – lophophore nerves,
mrn – main radial nerve,
nbo – neuron bodies,
tc – tentacle ciliature,
tm – tentacle musculature,
tn – tentacle nerves,

Scale bar: 50 µm.

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Lophophore of Fredericella sultana stained with antibodies to serotonin and alpha-tubulin and the musculature of the zooid stained with phalloidin. The preparation shows spatial relationships between the nerve and muscle fibers and the serotonergic innervation of the lophophore.
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