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The Electrosensory Cells of the Ampullary Organ of the Transparent Catfish ( Kryptopterus bicirrhus )
Author(s) -
Jørgensen J. Mørup
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta zoologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1463-6395
pISSN - 0001-7272
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6395.1992.tb00951.x
Subject(s) - phalloidin , biology , catfish , osmium tetroxide , sensory system , fixation (population genetics) , rhodamine , anatomy , biophysics , ultrastructure , microtubule , microbiology and biotechnology , fluorescence , electron microscope , cytoskeleton , biochemistry , cell , neuroscience , fish <actinopterygii> , optics , fishery , physics , gene
An easy method to demonstrate epidermal sensory organs is described. With the dye Daspei, sensory cells as well as their nerves are visible in the fluorescence microscope. Actin filaments in pore cells and sensory cells are demonstrated with rhodamine‐labelled phalloidin, and the distribution of microtubules is described after fixation in albumin‐osmium tetroxide‐glutaral‐dehyde fixation.