 Leeches
"Leeches" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Annelids of the class Hirudinea. Some species, the bloodsuckers, may become temporarily parasitic upon animals, including man. Medicinal leeches (HIRUDO MEDICINALIS) have been used therapeutically for drawing blood since ancient times.
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D007865
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.091.426
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| Concept/Terms |
Leeches- Leeches
- Leeche
- Hirudinea
- Hirudineas
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leeches" by people in Profiles.
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Tong L, Dai SX, Kong DJ, Yang PP, Tong X, Tong XR, Bi XX, Su Y, Zhao YQ, Liu ZC. The genome of medicinal leech (Whitmania pigra) and comparative genomic study for exploration of bioactive ingredients. BMC Genomics. 2022 Jan 24; 23(1):76.
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Calhoun DM, Esfahani E, Locke SA, Moser WE, Johnson PTJ. How parasite exposure and time interact to determine Australapatemon burti (Trematoda: Digenea) infections in second intermediate hosts (Erpobdella microstoma) (Hirudinea: Erpodellidae). Exp Parasitol. 2020 Dec; 219:108002.
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Baca SM, Marin-Burgin A, Wagenaar DA, Kristan WB. Widespread inhibition proportional to excitation controls the gain of a leech behavioral circuit. Neuron. 2008 Jan 24; 57(2):276-289.
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O'Gara BA, Brown PL, Dlugosch D, Kandiel A, Ku JW, Geier JK, Henggeler NC, Abbasi A, Kounalakis N. Regulation of pharyngeal motility by FMRFamide and related peptides in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Invert Neurosci. 1999-2000; 4(1):41-53.
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