Publication Date:
2021-06-29
Description:
To characterise central neurons in the pedal ganglia of both male and female greenlipped mussel, Perna canaliculus immunohistochemical techniques were used. Molluscantibodies were used against neuropeptides and neurotansmitters known to controlreproduction and spawning. Anti-ELH and anti-APGWamide showed very strongimmunoreactivity in small type of neurons. Anti-5-HT and anti-DA immunoreactivitywas mostly in large type of neurons. The labelled neurons are consistent withdescriptions of neurosecretory cells implicated in the control of reproduction andspawning on the basis of earlier histological staining techniques used in this species. Theuse of selective immunological markers for peptides and amines appears to be a,promising tool for further characterisation of neurosecretory cells, and to isolate an'tlcharacterise neuropeptides and other biologically active materials involved in the controlof reproduction in Perna canaliculus.
Keywords:
Biology
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Chemistry
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Fisheries
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Perna canaliculus
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Antibodies
;
Neurons
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
article
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
53-60
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