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Serotonergic nervous system and musculature of Plumatella repens zooid.

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ZIN-KVS-0-5

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ZIN RAS

Collection: Nervous and muscle systems of Bryozoa

Species: Plumatella repens (Linnaeus, 1758)    Bryozoa

Description: Zooid of a bryozoan with the central nervous system stained with antibodies to serotonin showing the shape of the serotonin-immunoreactive part of the cerberal ganglion and large nerve cords innervating the horns of the lophophore.

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Organs: сentral nervous system, ganglion / ganglia, nerve cord, nerve

Methods: Immunohistochemistry - serotonin,
Histochemistry - F-actin in muscle fibers (Phalloidin)

Publications: Шунькина К.В., Старунов В.В., Зайцева О.В., Островский А.Н. Серотонин и FMRFамид- иммунореактивные элементы в нервной системе пресноводных мшанок (Bryozoa: Phylactolaemata) // Доклады Академии Наук. - 2013. - Т. 451. - №4. - С. 474-477. Шунькина К.В., Старунов В.В., Зайцева О. В., Островский А.Н. Сравнительная нейроморфология лофофора и стенки тела трех видов пресноводных мшанок (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata) //Зоологический журнал. - 2014. - T. 93. - №3. - С. 497-507.Shunkina K.V., Zaytseva O.V., Starunov V.V., Ostrovsky A.N. Comparative morphology of the nervous system in three phylactolaemate bryozoans // Frontiers in Zoology 2015, 12:28 doi:10.1186/s12983-015-0112-2

Microscope: Leica TCS SPE

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5HT
Phalloidin
5HT, phalloidin

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