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  • Title: Distribution of serotonin-containing neurons and their pathways in the supraoesophageal ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.) as revealed by immunocytochemistry.
    Author: Klemm N, Steinbusch HW, Sundler F.
    Journal: J Comp Neurol; 1984 May 20; 225(3):387-95. PubMed ID: 6373847.
    Abstract:
    The distribution of serotonin (5-HT)-containing neurons in the supraoesophageal (cerebral) ganglion of the cockroach Periplaneta americana was studied using immunocytochemistry and the formaldehyde histofluorescence method ( Klemm , '83). In this material immunocytochemistry was more sensitive than the formaldehyde histofluorescence procedure. A relatively small number of 5-HT-immunoreactive cell bodies (220-280) were found. For the first time, their processes could be followed. They highly arborize and innervate many brain regions. Three patterns of monoamine innervation have been demonstrated: (1) 5-HT and catecholamine fibres ( Klemm , '83) occurring in the same region (e.g., outer lateral protocerebral neuropil, stratum caudale , mushroom body, fan-shaped body, olfactory lobe), but having certain differences with respect to the organization of their projection fields; (2) 5-HT fibres innervating a region lacking catecholamine-containing fibres (pons); and (3) catecholamine neurons innervating a region lacking 5-HT fibres (ellipsoid body). In the mushroom body only the extrinsic neurons contain 5-HT immunoreactivity. They form a commissural fibre system linking the left- and right-hand mushroom bodies and other brain regions. The pons is part of a 5-HT-neuron fibre system innervating many areas including the mushroom bodies. The present study demonstrates novel, complex, and widely distributed connections within the insect brain.
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