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Helminthologia, 2015 Fifty-four Pelophylax bedriagae (Levantine Frog) from Turkey (İzmir and Manisa Provinces) were examined for helminth parasites. The frogs were collected between 2012 and 2014 years. Eight species of helminth parasites were recorded: 3 species of Nematoda
Demır S. +3 more
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An Abnormal Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]
Nature, 1887 WHILST dissecting the leech in the class of practical zoology, one of my students directed my attention to an apparent abnormality in the specimen which it fell to his lot to dissect. On careful examination it was found that the vesicula seminalis of the right side had moved forwards into the fifth somite, and there opened into the base of a second and
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Blue plaque review series: Thomas Graham Brown: Before his time
Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Thomas Graham Brown made a seminal discovery, published in 1911 while he was a Carnegie Fellow in the University of Liverpool laboratory of Nobel Prize winner Charles S. Sherrington. Working in cats, he showed that rhythmic ‘voluntary’ behaviour, such as stepping and, by inference, walking, does not result from a chain of reflex events, but ...
Ronald L. Calabrese, Eve Marder
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Systematic review of medicinal leech therapy in urology
African Journal of Urology, 2023 Background Medicinal leech therapy, otherwise known as hirudotherapy or leeching, has been utilized for numerous pathologies over centuries. The technique resurfaced in modern medicine for its beneficial effects in microsurgical complications ...
Alexander O. Battin +2 more
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Provisional atlas of the freshwater leeches of the British Isles [PDF]
, 1981 Distribution maps were included in the second edition of the F.B.A. Scientific Publication on British freshwater leeches (Mann 1964). When that publication was extensively revised and enlarged to include a review of the literature on the ecology of ...
Elliott, J.M., Tullet, P.A.
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The Historical and Overlooked Collapse of Medicinal Leeches in Spain
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 3, March 2026.ABSTRACT Leeches in genus Hirudo have been used in medicine since ancient times, but increased exploitation during the 19th century led to the depletion of several populations in Europe. A compilation of Hirudo records in Spain (H. troctina Johnson, 1816 and H. verbana Carena, 1820) show that the genus was more commonly mentioned and widely distributed
Francisco Blanco‐Garrido +2 more
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Ingestive behaviour and physiology of the medicinal leech [PDF]
, 1988 Ingestion lasts 25 min in Hirudo medicinalis and is characterized by pharyngeal peristalsis which fills the crop. This peristalsis has an initial rate of 2.4 Hz which decays smoothly to 1.2 Hz at termination of ingestion. During ingestion, the leech body
Dickinson, M. H. +3 more
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Molecular basis of gap junctional communication in the CNS of the leech Hirudo medicinalis [PDF]
, 2004 Gap junctions are intercellular channels that allow the passage of ions and small molecules between cells. In the nervous system, gap junctions mediate electrical coupling between neurons.
Bacon, Jonathan P +3 more
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2026.ABSTRACT Background and Aims Male infertility, often characterized by impaired sperm parameters, remains a significant clinical challenge. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of hirudotherapy (medicinal leech therapy) in improving sperm quality parameters in men with idiopathic infertility.
Mozhde‐Sadat Abtahi‐Forooshani +3 more
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BioMed Research International, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Aim Our study is aimed at identifying circulating extracellular vesicles associated with liver regeneration in humans and mice, exploring their roles, and evaluating their content as potential biomarkers of regeneration. Methods Plasma samples were collected from 12 human liver transplant recipients and 22 mice at distinct time points postsurgery ...
Yilin Sun +4 more
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