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The 5th abdominal ganglion of the ventral nerve cord of a dragonfly nymph Aeschna grandis (Insecta, Odonata)

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of optical slices

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Image Type: Extended focus

Projection of optical slices: 5-77

Projections Plane: xyz

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Blue — methylene blue

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Region of cell bodies, neuropil, bodies and processes of neurons of the ganglion are stained. One can see connective nerve processes that go peripherally through the 1st and 2nd paired abdominal nerves.
Photo: O.V. Zaitseva, A.N. Shumeev

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