-transparent.png){kind=logo}
The presence of 5-HT in Hymenolepis diminuta and Hymenolepis nana was detected by 2 biochemical methods and as yellow fluorescence in a histochemical method. In H. diminuta, 5-HT was found in a concentration of about 1.2 micron/g; this amount did not vary significantly in worms aged 6 to 18 days or more or in various regions of the worm. In H. nana, 5-HT was found in a concentration of about 1.8 micron/g. It was histochemically localized in H. diminuta and H. nana in a pattern similar to that of acetylcholinesterase previously described in these 2 cestodes, and it may be the opposing neuro-transmitter to acetylcholine. The lack of 5-HT in the vestigial rostellum of H. diminuta may be correlated with loss of function of this organ.
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
April 1969,
The Journal of parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
September 1961,
Experimental parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
October 1984,
The Journal of parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
February 1973,
Laboratory animal science,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
February 1983,
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
August 1987,
Experimental parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
February 1983,
International journal for parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
January 1984,
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C, Comparative pharmacology and toxicology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
April 1986,
International journal for parasitology,
M B Lee, and
E Bueding, and
E L Schiller
April 1991,
International journal for parasitology,
