Journal article

Publication year: 1997

Pages: 131-136

Journal: Vie et Milieu // Laboratoire Arago, UniversitÉ P. et M. Curie

Volume number: 47

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0240-8759

Publisher: Periodique D'ecologie-publication Trimestrielle

Abstract: 
In the organs of the digestive tract of Nautilus pompilius catecholamines and serotonin have been shown in the nerve endings by fluorescence histochemical methods. HPLC analysis confirm that noradrenaline and dopamine occur in all organs, while in the midgut gland only adrenaline is found. Using immune-histochemical methods against the tetrapeptide FMRF-amide and serotonin, positive reactions have been demonstrated within terminal nerves of the tunica muscularis of the oesophagus, crop, stomach, caecum, midgut and rectum. Additionally, histo- and cytochemical proof of acetylcholinesterase was found in the tunica muscularis of the oesophagus, crop, stomach, caecum, midgut, and rectum. The findings give evidence that similar to the coleoids an antagonistic cholinergic-aminergic neuroregulation, which seems to be modulated by FMRF-amide, also exists in the digestive tract of N. pompilius.

Harvard Citation style: Westermann, B., Schipp, R. and Hempelmann, G. (1997) HISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF DIFFERENT NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF NAUTILUS POMPILIUS L. (CEPHALOPODA), Vie et Milieu // Laboratoire Arago, UniversitÉ P. et M. Curie, 47(2), pp. 131-136

APA Citation style: Westermann, B., Schipp, R., & Hempelmann, G. (1997). HISTOCHEMICAL DETECTION OF DIFFERENT NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF NAUTILUS POMPILIUS L. (CEPHALOPODA). Vie et Milieu // Laboratoire Arago, UniversitÉ P. et M. Curie. 47(2), 131-136.