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Serotoninergic and FMRFamidergic components of the nervous system were examined in cercaria from different types using immunocytochemical techniques interfaced with confocal scanning laser microscopy. Cercariae from 9 families were studied — Opisthorchis felineus, Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha, Echinochasmus coaxatus, Echinoparyphium aconiatum, Notocotylus attenuatus, Psilotrema tuberculata, Plagiorchis sp., Cyathocotyle bithyniae, Diplostomum chromatophorum. The results show that 5-HT-IR and FMRFamide-IR occur in all types of cercariae, regardless of what morphological, taxonomic and biological group they belong to. Small differences in the patterns of 5-HT-IR and FMRFamide-IR were observed.
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Tolstenkov, O.O., Terenina, N., Gustafsson, M. et al. The Pattern of Serotonin and Fmrfamide in Cercaria from Different Taxonomic Groups — A Preliminary Study. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 59 (Suppl 2), 221–225 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1556/ABiol.59.2008.Suppl.31
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1556/ABiol.59.2008.Suppl.31