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Serotonin and neuropeptide FMRFamide in the nervous system of Opisthioglyphe ranae (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae). An iimmunocytochemical study

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The presence and localization of the serotoninergic and FMRFamidergic structures in the nervous system of the trematode Opisthioglyphe ranae, the marsh frog intestinal parasite, was studied using immunocytochemistry. The serotonin-immunoreactive nerve cells and fibers were revealed in the head ganglia, circular commissure, longitudinal nerve cords and their connective commissures, as well as around the oral and ventral suckers, esophagus and genital pore. FMRFamide immunoreactivity was observed in the head ganglia, longitudinal nerve cords and terminal parts of the reproductive system. The results obtained are discussed in the light of the available data on the presence and functional significance of the above neurotransmitters in trematodes.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Center of Parasitology, Moscow, Russia

    N. B. Terenina

  2. Insitute of Cell Biophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

    N. D. Kreshchenko

  3. All-Russia Skryabin Scientific Research Institute of Helminthology, Moscow, Russia

    N. V. Chilyuta

  4. Private Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “St. Petersburg Medico-Social Institute”, St. Petersburg, Russia

    F. F. Zaripova

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Original Russian Text © N.B. Terenina, N.D. Kreshchenko, N.V. Chilyuta, F.F. Zaripova, 2015, published in Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 127–132.

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Terenina, N.B., Kreshchenko, N.D., Chilyuta, N.V. et al. Serotonin and neuropeptide FMRFamide in the nervous system of Opisthioglyphe ranae (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae). An iimmunocytochemical study. J Evol Biochem Phys 51, 145–151 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022093015020088

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