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Published on: August 10, 2012
Serotonin, reserpine, and motility in Mesocestoides tetrathyridia. An experimental spectrofluorometry and
N B Terenina1, M K Gustafsson, M Reuter
1Institute of Parasitology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
The relationship between serotonin (5-HT) and motility in tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides vogae (syn. M. corti) was studied with the aid of reserpine. Reserpine decreases the content of 5-HT as measured spectrofluorometrically and immunocytochemically and, furthermore, inhibits the motility, thus indicating a connection between the two. The results support the hypothesis about 5-HT being an excitatory neurotransmitter of motor activity in M. vogue. New neuroanatomical details were revealed by immunocytochemical staining.
