On the distribution of catecholamines in Promesostoma balticum (Turbellaria, Neorhabdocoela, Promesostomatidae).
The distribution of putative catecholamines has been previously studied in the nervous system of three Promesostoma species using the glyoxylic-acid-induced fluorescence (GAIF) method. In this communication, the results are reported of a similar study of Promesostoma balticum, which is classified to another group of species in the genus. Promesostoma species from two different species groups differed in the position of neurons associated with the ventral and lateral cords. All the studied species of Promesostoma demonstrated doubled dorsal neurons in so called anterior complex (AnDo), a character which differentiates this genus from the other studied Typhloplanoida.
Joffe
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Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.
D000818:Animals; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D005453:Fluorescence; D006038:Glyoxylates / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D010986:Platyhelminths / Q000378:metabolism*
D002395:Catecholamines; D006038:Glyoxylates; C031150:glyoxylic acid