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Developmentally regulated multisensory integration for prey localization in the medicinal leech [PDF]
, 2011 Medicinal leeches, like many aquatic animals, use water disturbances to localize their prey, so they need to be able to determine if a wave disturbance is created by prey or by another source.
Cienfuegos, Javier +2 more
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Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Volume 20, Issue 8, Page 1808-1817, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Several leech species of the genera Hirudo, Hirudinaria, and Whitmania are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for the oral treatment of disorders associated with blood stasis. Among them, the non‐hematophagous leech Whitmania pigra expresses a variety of components that have the potential to act on the vertebrate ...
Christian Müller +4 more
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Zoosystematics and Evolution, 2014 Although the European medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis L. 1758) is one of the best-known members of the Hirudinea due to its use in phlebotomy, this species has been confused with the Mediterranean taxon H. verbana Carena 1820.
U. Kutschera, Joy Elliott
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Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 22, Issue 2, Page 539-553, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to target vertebrate DNA have focused on the Indo‐Pacific region and mainly leveraged the leech family Haemadipsidae, composed of bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches, while
Christina Lynggaard +4 more
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Application of Leech Therapy After Replantation of Severed Distal Fingers
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2021 Objective: Prevention and treatment of venous crisis after reconstructive microsurgery is complicated and every clinician has concern about it. We present our clinical experience with blood-sucking leech therapy for replantation of severed fingers ...
ShiZhuang +7 more
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Acta Herpetologica, 2008 The authors describe a case of parasitism on Rana iberica by two species of leeches, Batracobdella sp. and Hirudo medicinalis, in a mountainous area of north-western Spain. Conservation implications of high parasite load on small and isolated populations
César Ayres, Julian Comesaña Iglesias
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BMC Genomics, 2022 Background Leeches are classic annelids that have a huge diversity and are closely related to people, especially medicinal leeches. Medicinal leeches have been widely utilized in medicine based on the pharmacological activities of their bioactive ...
Lei Tong +9 more
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Origin and fate of hematopoietic stem precursor cells in the leech Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]
Invertebrate Survival Journal, 2016 The hematopoietic process by which blood cells are formed has been intensely studied for over a century using several model systems. An increasing amount of evidence shows that hematopoiesis, angiogenesis, immune response and the regulating these ...
A Grimaldi
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Charakterisierung des mikrobiellen Symbioms von Blutegeln [PDF]
, 2013 Die medizinischen Blutegel, Hirudo medicinalis und Hirudo verbana, werden wegen ihrer kurativen Wirkung in der Humanmedizin angewandt. Während des Blutsaugens injizieren sie über ihren Speichel eine Vielzahl bioaktiver, derzeit noch unbekannter Moleküle.
Franke, Philipp +6 more
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External decontamination of wild leeches with hypochloric acid
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2004 Background Medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, has been used in plastic and reconstructive surgery, to relieve venous congestion and to improve the microrevascularization of flaps.
Tuncer Serdar +7 more
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