Confocal fluorescent study of the fish blood flukes: the serotonergic elements and ultrastructure of the nervous system of adult Sanguinicola plehnae (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae).
Larisa G Poddubnaya, Nadezhda B Terenina, Natalia D Kreshсhenko
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Abstract
The first data on the neurochemical and ultrastructural organisation of the nervous system of the fish blood fluke, suckerless adult Sanguinicola plehnae Warren et Bullard in Warren, Poddubnaya, Zhokhov, Reyda, Choudhury et Bullard, 2023 (Digenea: Aporocotylidae) from the circulatory system of pike, Esox lucius Linnaeus are presented. Based on 5-HT-IP staining, the simple, uniformly developed orthogonal pattern of S. plehnae nervous system is revealed. The ventral and dorsal nerve cords originate from the brain lobes, but the lateral nerve cords originate from anterior nerves at the level of the large serotonergic neurons. In addition, several pairs of such large 5-HT-IP neurons (22-23.5 µm in diameter) are revealed along the ventral nerve cords. Unusual spindle-shaped 5-HT-IP perikarya (7.8-19.8 µm in diameter) are observed along each ventral and lateral nerve cords. The neuroblasts and developing neurons are seen between neurites in S. plehnae along with neuron somata scattered around neuropil periphery, evidencing the renewal of neuron somata population in adult digeneans. The morphological variability of both the orthogonal pattern and neuron somata and types of neurovesicles in adult digeneans are discussed.
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FOLIA PARASITOLOGICA, issued in online versions, is an international journal that covers the whole field of general, systematic, ecological and experimental parasitology. It publishes original research papers, research notes and review articles. Contributions from all branches of animal parasitology, such as morphology, taxonomy, biology, biochemistry, physiology, immunology, molecular biology and evolution of parasites, and host-parasite relationships, are eligible. Novelty and importance in the international (not local or regional) context are required. New geographical records of parasites, records of new hosts, regional parasite and/or host surveys (if they constitute the principal substance of manuscript), local/regional prevalence surveys of diseases, local/regional studies on epidemiology of well known diseases and of parasite impact on human/animal health, case reports, routine clinical studies and testing of established diagnostic or treatment procedures, will not be considered. One species description will also not be considered unless they include more general information, such as new diagnostic characters, host-parasite associations, phylogenetic implications, etc. Manuscripts found suitable on submission will be reviewed by at least two reviewers.