Chemosensitivity of the osphradium of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis

Sensory mediation of memory blocking stressors in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis.

The great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, is commonly used as a model species to study how stress affects the ability to form long-term memory (LTM); however, we still have little information about how the snail senses stressful stimuli. The osphradium is an external sensory organ that demonstrates electrophysiological responses to a variety of external chemical stimuli. We examined the role, if...

Sensory input from the osphradium modulates the response to memory-enhancing stressors in Lymnaea stagnalis.

In the freshwater environment species often rely on chemosensory information to modulate behavior. The pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis, is a model species used to characterize the causal mechanisms of long-term memory (LTM) formation. Chemical stressors including crayfish kairomones and KCl enhance LTM formation (≥24 h) in Lymnaea; however, how these stressors are sensed and the mechanism by whic...

Molecular detection of the infection with Fasciola hepatica in field-collected snails of Galba truncatula and Lymnaea stagnalis from West Azarbaijan, Iran

The liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, is considered as the most common cause of fasciolosis in both domestic livestock and human. This study was carried out to detect the prevalence of the larval stages of F. hepatica in the snails Galba truncatula and Lymnaea stagnalis in West Azarbaijan, Iran. Snail collection was performed through searching 28 freshwater habitats from May to December 2010. Fol...

Short Communication Neuronal Feedback in Egg-laying Behaviour of the Pond Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis

Immunocytochemical Demonstration of a Novel System of Neuroendocrine Peptidergic Neurons in the Pond Snail Lymnaea stagnalis, with Antisera to the Teleostean Hormone Hypocalcin and Mammalian Parathyroid Hormone