Preparation

Procerebrum of the Roman snail Helix pomatia (Gatropoda, Pulmonata).

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Collection 10

Collection
Number

ZIN-OVZ-NGM-5-1

Species: Helix pomatia (Linnaeus, 1758)    Gastropoda

Preparation Type: 60-100 µm thick celloidin sections

Prepared: O.V. Zaitseva

Description: Cross section through the procerebrum of a Roman snail.

Method: Golgi-Colonnier method of silver impregnation of nervous elements

Method Description: The impregnation protocol is described in detail in: Zaitseva O.V. Modern morphological methods of studying the structural and functional organization of the nervous system // Arkhiv anatomii, embriologii i gistologii. - 1986. - Vol. 91, N 11. - P. 102-112. (In Russian)

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

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Procerebrum of the Roman snail Helix pomatia (Gastropoda, Pulmonata)

Preparation

ZIN-OVZ-NGM-5-1

Description: Portion of the procerebrum (olfactory center) of a Roman snail. The series shows the region of the somata of the globuli cells (the main cellular elements of the procerebrum), the inner neuropil and the root of the tentacular nerve. Some of the globuli cells are grouped in columnar structures.

Organs: сentral nervous system, cerebral brain or its part, ganglion / ganglia, neuron(s)

Methods: Neurohistology - Golgi-Colonnier method of silver impregnation of nervous elements

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