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Localization of monoaminergic neurons in the central nervous system of Astacus astacus Linné (Crustacea)

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The cellular localization of biogenic monoamines in crustaceans was studied by means of a highly specific and sensitive fluorescence method devised by Falck and Hillarp. It was found that neurons displaying specific fluorescence in the central nervous system were confined to the protocerebrum, the medulla externa and interna and the ventral nerve cord. The method allows a distinction between the fluorophores of 5-hydroxytryptamine (and 5-hydroxytryptophan), which emit the yellow light, and the fluorophores deriving from the catecholamines (and DOPA), which emit the green light. Green-fluorescent neurons occurred abundantly in the aforementioned parts of the central nervous system while yellow-fluorescent neurons were sparsely present in the same parts.

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    Rolf Elofsson, Tiit Kauri, Sven-Olle Nielsen & Jarl-Ove Strömberg

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The present work has been carried out at the departments of Histology and Zoology at the University of Lund. The authors take great pleasure in expressing their warmest thanks for laboratory facilities, provided by Professors Erik Dahl (Zoological Institute) and Bengt Falck (Histological Institute).

The research reported in this document has been sponsored by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant AF EOAR 66-14 through the European Office of Aerospace Research (OAR), United States Air Force and by a grant from the Swedish Natural Science Research Council 99-32 (nr 5995).

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Elofsson, R., Kauri, T., Nielsen, SO. et al. Localization of monoaminergic neurons in the central nervous system of Astacus astacus Linné (Crustacea). Z.Zellforsch 74, 464–473 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00496839

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