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Fluorescence and ultrastructural localization of aminergic neurons in the nerve cord of Eisenia foetida (Annelida—Oligochaeta)

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The aminergic nature of the CV neurons present in the genital segments of the nerve cord of Eisenia foetida is demonstrated by fluorescence microscopy and by the chromaffin reaction modified for electron microscopy.

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de Vries-Schoumacker, H. Fluorescence and ultrastructural localization of aminergic neurons in the nerve cord of Eisenia foetida (Annelida—Oligochaeta). Cell Tissue Res. 185, 351–360 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00220295

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