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In the terminal ganglion of the cricket, Acheta domesticus, the somata of certain interneurones and efferent neurones consistently react to 5-HT immunohistochemistry. There are serially homologous pairs of bilateral interneurones seen in the neuromeres of the 7th to the 10th segment and hindgut neurones with their somata located at the posterior median end of the ganglion. In adult crickets, pairs of large efferent neurones with lateral somata supply specific genital muscles in the 8th and the 9th segment of females. In males, only one pair of these efferent neurones supplies genital muscles of the 9th segment only. These identified 5-HT-immunoreactive neurones are not detected in larval crickets before development of the genital apparatus.
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Hustert, R., Topel, U. Location and major postembryonic changes of identified 5-HT-immunoreactive neurones in the terminal ganglion of a cricket (Acheta domesticus). Cell Tissue Res. 245, 615–621 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218563
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