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Anatomical And Histological Features Of The Brain Of Adult Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio), Sayed Shaban, Galal Youssef, Safwat Ebada, Mahmoud B. Shoeib
Anatomical And Histological Features Of The Brain Of Adult Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio), Sayed Shaban, Galal Youssef, Safwat Ebada, Mahmoud B. Shoeib
Mansoura Veterinary Medical Journal
Background: investigated the anatomical features and histological structures of the brain of adult common carp. In addition, these features were compared with those of other types of fish.
Methods: Adult fish (8- 18 M) were collected, their gross anatomical features were inspected; and small specimens from different brain parts were fixed, sectioned, stained, and histologically examined.
Results: In the common carp, the olfactory bulb was round, somewhat tiny, and connected to the telencephalon by a very long, thin olfactory tract. The hemispheres of the telencephalon were located rostrally. Only one median ventral telencephalic ventricle was visible. The torus longitudinalis and …