Serotonergic nervous system of C. mucedo lophophore. Annotated Image

 

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Authors: K.V. Shunklina

Color Channels:

Green — serotonin

Notation:

cg – cerebral ganglion,
lh – lophophore horns,
ln – lateral nerves,
nbo – neuron bodies,

Scale: 100 mn.

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Cristatella mucedo. Central nervous system of a zooid stained with antibodies to serotonin. The image shows the shape of serotonin-positive part of the cerebral ganglion and large nerve cords innervating the horns of the lophophore.