Figure 6
From: Anatomy and development of the larval nervous system in Echinococcus multilocularis
FMRFa-IR in the protoscolex. A. General view of the protoscolex; merge of several focal planes of epifluorescence microscopy, anterior is to the left. B. Diagram showing the main elements of the central nervous system in the scolex as identified by FMRFa-IR. C. Detail of FMRFa-IR in the scolex, confocal projection of 10 um of optical sections with color-coded depth; the inset shows another projection of 10 um thickness, deeper within the scolex, where the main transverse commissure can be seen. Anterior is to the left. D. Serial transverse sections (from anterior to posterior), reconstructed from the confocal sections of C. Abbreviations: alnc, accessory lateral nerve cord; arc, anterior ring commissure; esr, external sucker ring; isr, internal sucker ring; lg, lateral ganglia; lrc, lateral rostellar connectives; mlnc, main lateral nerve cords; mnc, medial nerve cords; mrc, medial rostellar connectives; mtc, main transverse commissure; plg, postero-lateral ganglia; prc, posterior ring commissure; rr, rostellar ring; rc, coronae of rostellar ring projections; x, x-commissure. Bars represent 50 μm.