Occurrence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) in the nervous system of a monogenean, Diclidophora merlangi (original) (raw)

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Both whole-mount preparations and cryostat sections of the monogenean, Diclidophora merlangi, were screened for the presence of 5-hydroxytryptamine-like immunoreactivity, using an indirect immunofluorescence technique. Immunostaining was evident in cell bodies and fibres comprising the longitudinal cords of the central nervous system and in the peripheral plexuses that innervate the musculature of the adhesive organs, feeding apparatus and accessory ducts of the reproductive system. The subsurface nerve-net was reactive, and a distinctive “collar” of staining marked a plexus of nerves and somata that supply the subtegumental muscles of the extensile forebody.

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1. Department of Zoology, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
   D. W. Halton, A. G. Maule & I. Fairweather
2. Department of Medicine, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
   C. F. Johnston

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1. D. W. Halton
2. A. G. Maule
3. C. F. Johnston
4. I. Fairweather

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Halton, D.W., Maule, A.G., Johnston, C.F. et al. Occurrence of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin) in the nervous system of a monogenean, Diclidophora merlangi.Parasitol Res 74, 151–154 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536026

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• Accepted: 06 September 1987
• Issue date: March 1987
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536026

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