Hirudo medicinalis
"Hirudo medicinalis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of European freshwater LEECHES used for BLOODLETTING in ancient times and also for LEECHING in modern times.
| Descriptor ID |
D047709
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.091.426.400
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hirudo medicinalis" 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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Marin-Burgin A, Eisenhart FJ, Baca SM, Kristan WB, French KA. Sequential development of electrical and chemical synaptic connections generates a specific behavioral circuit in the leech. J Neurosci. 2005 Mar 09; 25(10):2478-89.
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Baca SM, Thomson EE, Kristan WB. Location and intensity discrimination in the leech local bend response quantified using optic flow and principal components analysis. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Jun; 93(6):3560-72.