The nervous system of Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) revealed by combining confocal laserscanning and transmission electron microscopy: Evolutionary comparison of neuroanatomy within the Gastrotricha and basal Protostomia

Zoomorphology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-84

  Rothe, Birgen H ^a   Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a   Kieneke, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Immuno)histochemistry; cLSM; Evolution; FMRFamide; Gastrotricha; Nervous system; Serotonin; Tubulin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHAETONOTIDA; GASTROTRICHA; MACRODASYIDA; NEODASYS; NEODASYS CHAETONOTOIDEUS; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 79952192650     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-011-0123-2     Document Type: Article

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