Insights into early molluscan neuronal development through studies of transmitter phenotypes in embryonic pond snails

• Published in: Microscopy research and technique Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 570 - 578
• Main Author: Croll, Roger P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 15.06.2000
• Subjects: Animals; Biomphalaria; catecholamine; Catecholamines - analysis; Embryo, Nonmammalian - metabolism; FMRFamide; FMRFamide - analysis; Ganglia, Invertebrate - metabolism; gastropod; Gastropoda; Helisoma; Immunohistochemistry; Lymnaea; Lymnaea - anatomy & histology; Lymnaea - embryology; mollusc; Mollusca - anatomy & histology; Mollusca - embryology; Nervous System - anatomy & histology; Nervous System - embryology; Nervous System - metabolism; Neurons - metabolism; Neurotransmitter Agents - analysis; serotonin

Pond snails have long been the subject of intense scrutiny by researchers interested in general principles of development and also cellular and molecular neurobiology. Recent work has exploited both these fields of study by examining the ontogeny of the nervous system in these animals. Much of this...