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Figure 8

From: Brain architecture in the terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita clypeatus(Anomura, Coenobitidae), a crustacean with a good aerial sense of smell

Figure 8

Higher magnification of the section shown in Fig. 6A2, synapsin immunoreactivity (SYN; red) and RFamide-like immunoreactivity (RF; green); confocal laser scan microscopy. Peptidergic olfactory interneurons the somata of which are located in cell cluster (9) project their neurites through the median foramen (mF) into the olfactory lobe. In the medial antenna 1 neuropil, the lateral antenna 1 neuropil, and the non-columnar olfactory neuropils F, large, round RFamidergic profiles (putative peptidergic release sites) are embedded whereas in the posterior median protocerebral neuropil (PMPN) finer profiles are present. The glomeruli in the accessory neuropil (AcN) show both, synapsin- and RFamide-like immunoreactivity. Within the olfactory globular tract (OGT), a synaptic neuropil region is embedded that also shows RFamide-like immunoreactivity. The accessory olfactory globular tract neuropil (OGTNa) that is associated with the olfactory globular tract, shows synapsin immunoreactivity but not any peptidergic labeling.

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