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- Title
An immunocytochemical, histochemical and ultrastructural study of the nervous system of the tapeworm Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda, Spathebothriidea).
- Authors
Nadezhda Terenina; Larisa Poddubnaya; Oleg Tolstenkov; Margaretha Gustafsson
- Abstract
Abstract This study is the first detailed study of the organisation of the neuromuscular system of Cyathocephalus truncatus (Cestoda, Spathebothriidea). Five techniques have been used: (1) immunocytochemistry, (2) staining with TRITC-conjugated phalloidin, (3) NADPHdiaphorase histochemistry, (4) confocal scanning laser microscopy and (5) transmission electron microscopy. The patterns of nerves immunoreactive (IR) to antibodies towards serotonin (5-HT) and the invertebrate neuropeptide FMRFamide are described in relation to the musculature. The patterns of NADPHdiaphorase positive nerves and 5-HT-IR nerves are compared. The fine structure of the nervous system (NS) is described. The organisation of NS in the non-segmented, polyzoic C. truncatus differs clearly from that in the non-segmented, monozoic Caryophyllaeus laticeps and shows distinct similarities with the NS in pseudophyllidean cestodes. This supports the hypothesis that taxon Caryophyllidea and Spatheobothriidea form independent lineages within Eucestoda.
- Subjects
IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASTRUCTURE (Biology); NERVOUS system; TAPEWORMS; CONFOCAL microscopy
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2009, Vol 104, Issue 2, p267
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-008-1187-x