title: [COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF uNOS-POSITIVE STRUCTURES IN THE CNS OF SOME SPECIES OF CRUSTACEANS].
abstract: We conducted a comparative study of NO-ergic system in the CNS of 10 species of crustaceans subclass Malacostraca, belonging to orders Stomatopoda and Decapoda, with a common habitat in Ussuri Bay (Sea of Japan). Both similar characteristics and differences in content and distribution of universal NO-synthase (uNOS) were revealed in homologous parts of the brain and ventral nerve cord of the investigated species of crustaceans. We discuss the involvement of nitric oxide in the regulation of physiological functions of decapod crustaceans and its role in the processes of adaptation to the environmental conditions.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Chertok
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Kotsyuba
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D060829:Arthropod Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000201:enzymology*; D003445:Crustacea / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010140:Pacific Ocean; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase