Dipylidium caninum cholinesterase

The presence of cholinesterase has been detected by chemical or histo-chemical means in a number of species e.g. Diphyllobothrium latum, D. dendriticum (796) Taenia saginata, T. taeniaeformis, Hymenolepis spp., E. granulosus, Dipylidium caninum (202, 435, 755, 756, 796). Putative cholinergic synapses are characterised by their content of small clear vesicles tightly packed on the presynaptic side (278). Acetylcholine is thought to serve as an inhibitory neurotransmitter and has been shown to have a... [Pg.30]

Kralj, N. (1967). Morphologic and histochemical studies on the nervous system of tapeworms revealed by the cholinesterase method (Taenia hydatigena, Dipylidium caninum and Moniezia expansa). Veterinarski Arhiv, 37 277-86. [Pg.331]

Shield, J. M. (1969). Dipylidium caninum, Echinococcus granulosus and Hydatigera taeniformis histochemical identification of cholinesterases. Experimental Parasitology, 25 217-31. [Pg.353]

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