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Hirudo medicinalis

Known as: Hirudo medicinali, medicinal leech, leech medicinal 
A species of European freshwater LEECHES used for BLOODLETTING in ancient times and also for LEECHING in modern times.
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AnnelidaHirudinidaLeeches
HirudinHirudoHirudo medicinalis preparationLeech Therapy

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Arhynchobdellida (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Hirudinida): phylogenetic relationships and evolution.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Anaphylactic and Anaphylactoid Reactions Associated With Lepirudin in Patients With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Background—Lepirudin (Refludan) is a hirudin derivative. It is a direct thrombin inhibitor obtained by recombinant technology… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A Carboxypeptidase Inhibitor from the Medical Leech Hirudo medicinalis
A novel metallocarboxypeptidase inhibitor was isolated from the medical leech Hirudo medicinalis. Amino acid sequence analysis… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Calcium currents and graded synaptic transmission between heart interneurons of the leech
Synaptic transmission between reciprocally inhibitory heart interneurons (HN cells) of the medicinal leech was examined in the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Sealing cultured invertebrate neurons to embedded dish electrodes facilitates long-term stimulation and recording
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Embryonic development of the hirudinid leech Hirudo medicinalis: structure, development and segmentation of the germinal plate.
The germinal plate of 5- to 12-day-old embryos of the leech Hirudo medicinalis consists of an anterior and a posterior sector… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Membrane properties and selective connexions of identified leech neurones in culture
1. Individual, identified neurones, dissected from the central nervous system of the leech and maintained in culture for several… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Neuronal control of swimming in the medicinal leech
SummaryLeeches swim by undulating their extended and flattened body in the dorsoventral direction, to form a wave that travels… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Physiological and morphological properties of motoneurones in the central nervous system of the leech
1. A number of motor cell bodies have been identified in the segmental ganglia of the ventral nerve cord of the medicinal leech… 
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF THE LEECH, HIRUDO MEDICINALIS.
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