Preparation

Сholinesterase distribution in the nervous system of Convoluta convoluta

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Collection 2

Collection
Number

ZIN-EAK-XAC-0-2

Species: Convoluta convoluta (Abildgaard, 1806)    Acoela

Preparation Type: whole mount

Prepared: O.I. Raikova, E.A. Kotikova

Description: Сholinesterase distribution in the nervous system of Convoluta convoluta.

Method: revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

Method Description: The staining protocol is described in detail in: Kotikova E.A. Histochemical method of studying the nervous system of flatworms // Parazitologiya, 1967. Vol. 1, No 1. P. 79 – 81. (In Russian)

Institution: Zoological Institute RAS

 

 

 

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General appearance of the cholinergic nervous system of Convoluta convoluta (Xenacoelomorpha, Acoela).

Preparation

ZIN-EAK-XAC-0-2

Description: Dorsal view. One can see the brain and 3 pairs of longitudinal nerve cords (dorsal, dorsolateral and lateral). Thicker proximal parts of the longitudinal cords form the commissural brain. Fibers of submuscular nerve plexus are evenly distributed over the body.

Organs: сentral nervous system, nerve cord, nerve plexus, cerebral brain or its part, peripheral nervous system

Methods: Histochemistry - revealing of choline esterases after Gerebtzoff

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