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Histamine immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the spider Cupiennius salei

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In this study, immunohistochemistry on Vibracut sections is used to demonstrate anti-histamine immunoreactivity in the brain of the spider, Cupiennius salei (Keys.) (Ctenidae). We describe a system of histamine-immunoreactive neurons within the central nervous system that consists of six omnisegmental neurons. These histamine-immunoreactive neurons form two subgroups: a dorsal system with two cells per hemisphere and a ventral system with only one cell per hemisphere. The cells have extended arborizations in the motor and sensory areas of all neuromeres in the suboesophageal ganglionic mass. We have also found histamine immunoreactivity in the photoreceptors of C. salei and suggest that histamine is a neurotransmitter of photoreceptors in all arthropods, since it is also known to occur in the photoreceptors of the other main arthropod taxa (Merostomata, Crustacea, and Insecta).

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Schmid, A., Duncker, M. Histamine immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the spider Cupiennius salei . Cell Tissue Res 273, 533–545 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333707

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