Exploring Octopamine: Immunohistochemical research of a spionid worm Pygospio elegans nervous system
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https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2024.106Abstract
Octopamine is a biogenic amine specific for invertebrates distributed in all groups from Cnidaria to Echinodermata. Our study is aimed to investigate the octopamine-positive elements in the nervous system of the spionid worm Pygospio elegans. Immunohistochemistry was used to detect octopamine-positive elements in the central and peripheral nervous systems. While the central nervous system exhibited weak staining, the peripheral nervous system showed specifically octopamine-like elements in the palps, peristomium, and body segments. The detected octopamine-like elements were compared with other neurotransmitters in the P. elegans nervous system. Our results contribute to the data on annelid octopaminergic nervous system structure.
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Pygospio elegans, nervous system, peripheral nervous system, octopamine, immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy
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2024-05-31
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Starunova, Z., Shunkina, K., Novikova, E., & Starunov, V. (2024). Exploring Octopamine: Immunohistochemical research of a spionid worm <em>Pygospio elegans</em> nervous system. Biological Communications, 69(1), 50–55. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2024.106
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