Establishment of a chart of cervical neurons of Eisenia fetida (Annelida, Oligocheta) containing substances immunologically related to vertebrate peptides.

• Published in: General and comparative endocrinology Vol. 65; no. 3; pp. 457 - 468
• Main Authors: Lkhider, M, Marcel, R, Tramu, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: 01.01.1987
• Subjects: Eisenia fetida

Several antisera specific to neuropeptides of vertebrates were applied to sections of the earthworm Eisenia fetida Sav. Some of them were able to reveal specific neurones of the supraoesophageal ganglion: h-GHRF, CRF, Leu- and Met-enkephaline, dynorphine, substance P, CCK-8, and CCK-8S. A map of dif...