title: The neuro-muscular system in fresh-water furcocercaria from Belarus. I Schistosomatidae.
abstract: The neuro-muscular system (NMS) in cercariae of the family Schistosomatidae from Belarus was studied with immunocytochemical methods and confocal scanning laser microscopy. The specimens of Bilharziella polonica were compared with Trichobilharzia szidati and Trichobilharzia franki. The patterns of F-actin in the musculature, 5-HT-immunoreactive (IR), FMRFamide-IR neuronal elements and α-tubulin-IR in sensory receptors and nerves were investigated. No indications of structural differences in the musculature, the 5-HT-IR, FMRF-IR neuronal elements and the general distribution of sensory receptors were noticed between cercariae of Trichobilharzia spp. The number of 5-HT-IR neurons in the cercarial bodies is 16. In cercaria B. polonica, the tail musculature is weaker than in Trichobilharzia spp. A detailed schematic picture of the NMS in the tail of Trichobilharzia spp. cercaria is given. The function of NMS elements in the tail is discussed.
authors: Centre of Parasitology of A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia.
authors: Oleg O
authors: OO
authors: Tolstenkov
authors: Ludmila N
authors: LN
authors: Akimova
authors: Galina G
authors: GG
authors: Chrisanfova
authors: Nadezhda B
authors: NB
authors: Terenina
authors: Margaretha K S
authors: MK
authors: Gustafsson
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