Figure 5

Immunohistochemical stained microscopic images of lamellar corpuscles in striped dolphin stained with (a,b) anti-NF, in (b) note the whirling course of the central axon within a composite corpuscle and several axons associated with the peripheral layer, (c–e) anti-NSE, note the immunoreactivity of the central axon and inconsistent staining of the peripheral layer, (f) anti-S-100, (g,h) anti-PGP 9.5. (Scale bars 50 µm).