A developmental study of serotonin-immunoreactive neurons in the larval central nervous system of the spider crabHyas araneus (Decapoda,Brachyura) |
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Authors: | Steffen Harzsch Ralph R Dawirs |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Neuroanatomy, Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld, Postbox 10 01 31, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany |
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Abstract: | Larval development in crabs is characterized by a striking double metamorphosis in the course of which the animals change
from a pelagic to a benthic life style. The larval central nervous system has to provide an adequate behavioural repertoire
during this transition. Thus, processes of neuronal reorganization and refinement of the early larval nervous system could
be expected to occur in the metamorphosing animal. In order to follow identified sets of neurons throughout metamorphosis,
whole mount preparations of the brain and ventral nerve cord of laboratory reared spider crab larvae (Hyas araneus) were labelled with an antibody against the neurotransmitter serotonin. The system of serotonin-immunoreactive cell bodies,
fibres and neuropils is well-developed in newly hatched larvae. Most immunoreative structures are located in the protocerebrum,
with fewer in the suboesophaegeal ganglia, while the thoracic and abdominal ganglia initially comprise only a small number
of serotonergic neurons and fibres. However, there are significant alterations in the staining pattern through larval development,
some of which are correlated to metamorphic events. Accordingly, new serotonin-immunoreactive cells are added to the early
larval set and the system of immunoreactive fibres is refined. These results are compared to the serotonergic innervation
in other decapod crustaceans. |
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Keywords: | serotonin immunocytochemistry larval development metamorphosis decapod crustacea |
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