@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00002298,
 author = {NAKAMURA, Kaworu},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {2016-10-27},
 note = {In the supraoesophageal ganglions of the adult prawns, especially well matured females
such as the parent prawns, contrary to under-aged ones, there almost observed a histological
degeneration of the glomeruli, which compose the neuropile mass of the ganglion. The area
of changes is restricted within a specific region, that is the median neuropile or protocerebral
bridge that consists of two glomeruli connected across the midline, associated with the surrounding cells of the anterior ganglion cell group. The degenerated tissues show an assembly of
ellipsoid-shaped spots, which are positive to periodic acid-SCHIFF (PAS). Therefore, the
degeneration may be pathologically named as the mucous degeneration. It seems that because of its higher occurrence at matured age, the maturation of gonad or the aging of certain
organ(s) such as the nauplius eyes might affect its proper function of the median neuropile,
though it is uncertain at present as for the primary factor.},
 pages = {243--246},
 title = {Observations of the Glomerular Degeneration in the Protocerebral Neuropile of the Prawn, Penaeus japonicus BATE},
 volume = {29},
 year = {}
}