<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This is the first report on the presence and localization of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) in the nervous system of the nematode <italic>Trichinella pseudospiralis</italic>, the causative agent of trichinellosis. The orientation of the 5-HT-immunoreactive (5-HT-IR) nerve cells in the adult worm is described. In the anterior region of the worm 5-HT-IR occurs in 7 neurons. Longitudinal nerve cords extend posteriorly from the anterior end. They are connected by transverse commissures. The vulval area is intensively supplied with 5-HT-IR nerve cells and fibres forming a plexus. Two rows of small 5HT-IR structures, hypodermal glands, are visible along the whole nematode body. Because of the conserved structural features among nematodes the 5-HT-IR neurons observed are likely to have counterparts in the model worm, <italic>Caenorhabditis elegans</italic>. Some basic differences are evident and demand further study.</p></abstract>

This is the first report on the presence and localization of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) in the nervous system of the nematode Trichinella pseudospiralis, the causative agent of trichinellosis. The orientation of the 5-HT-immunoreactive (5-HT-IR) nerve cells in the adult worm is described. In the anterior region of the worm 5-HT-IR occurs in 7 neurons. Longitudinal nerve cords extend posteriorly from the anterior end. They are connected by transverse commissures. The vulval area is intensively supplied with 5-HT-IR nerve cells and fibres forming a plexus. Two rows of small 5HT-IR structures, hypodermal glands, are visible along the whole nematode body. Because of the conserved structural features among nematodes the 5-HT-IR neurons observed are likely to have counterparts in the model worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. Some basic differences are evident and demand further study.

Serotonin in <italic>Trichinella pseudospiralis</italic>: An immunocytochemical study

A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Center of Parasitology, 119071 Moscow, Leninsky pr. 33, Russia

All-Russian K. I. Skryabin Scientific Research Institute of Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plants, 117218 Moscow, Bolschaya Cheremushkinskaya 28; Russia

Institute of Cell Biophysics of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Region, Pushchino, Institutskaya 3, Russia

Department of Biosciences, AboAkademi University, 20520 Abo, Finland

Helminthologia

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Serotonin in : An immunocytochemical study

This is the first report on the presence and localization of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) in the nervous system of the nematode Trichinella...

Serotonin in Trichinella pseudospiralis: An immunocytochemical study

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Apr 22, 2016

Page range: 113 - 119

Received: Dec 22, 2015

Accepted: Mar 09, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0002

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

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