Taurine-Like Immunoreactivity in the Motor Nerve Net of the Jellyfish Cyanea capillata

• Published in: The Biological bulletin (Lancaster) Vol. 188; no. 1; pp. 78 - 82
• Main Authors: Carlberg, Mats, Alfredsson, Karin, Nielsen, Sven-Olle, Peter A. V. Anderson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Marine Biological Laboratory 01.02.1995; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Amino acids; Antibodies; Cnidaria; Cyanea capillata; Ectoderm; Efferent pathways; Endoderm; Evolution; Jellyfishes; Marine; Marine biology; Muscles; Nerve net; Nervous system; Neurobiology and Behavior; Neurons; Neurotransmitters; Physiological aspects; Synapses

Two antisera against the sulfonated amino acid taurine were applied to subumbrella tissue of the jellyfish Cyanea capillata. Taurine-immunoreactive nerve nets were found in both the ectoderm and endoderm. The ectoderm had two morphologically and immunocytochemically distinct populations of neurons,...