Brain of the amphibians (Amphibia)

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The collection contains permanent histological preparations of the brain of several species from the class Amphibia stained using classical neurohistological techniques: Nissl staining and Golgi impregnation. The preparations of each species (several dozens of microscope slides) are stored in separate numbered slide boxes in a special storage cabinet located at the Department of Cytology and Histology of the Saint-Petersburg State University. Each slide is labelled with all essential identifying information. This collection is intended for those students, scientists and teachers who want to learn more about the architecture of the brain and especially its principal region, telencephalon, in several representatives of amphibians. The collection is a visual study guide for the teaching courses on zoology, physiology, higher functions of the nervous system, histology, cytology, evolutionary theory, etc., taught at the departments and schools of biological sciences in the universities.

Frontal section through a telencephalic hemisphere of the common frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 stained with toluidine blue by the Nissl method.

 

Collection author(s): D.K. Obukhov

Place of storage: Saint Petersburg State University

Taxa: 

Order Caudata

  1. Siberian salamander Salamandrella keyserlingii Dyb.
  2. Smooth newt Triturus vulgaris L.
  3. Northern crested newt Triturus cristatus Laur.

Order Anura

  1. Common frog Rana temporaria L.
  2. Marsh frog Rana ridibunda Pall.
  3. Common toad Bufo bufo L.
  4. European green toad Bufo viridis Laur.

 

Preparations

Preparation SPSU-ODK-AMPH-4-1

Cross section through a telencephalic hemisphere of the common frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 (Chordata, Amphibia, Anura)

Species

Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758

Taxon

Amphibia

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Description: Frontal (transverse) paraffin section through a telencephalic hemisphere of the common frog Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758 stained with cresyl violet by the Nissl method.

Staining: Nissl staining

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