Hirudo Medicinalis
Effects of extracellular purines on ion transport across the integument of Hirudo medicinalis
... Little is known about the long-term regulation of epithelial ion transport in invertebrates and the specific mediators involved. For some years, we have been investigating the short-term regulation of transepithelial ion ...
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An increase in activity of serotonergic Retzius neurones may not be necessary for the consummatory phase of feeding in the leech Hirudo medicinalis
... Hirudo medicinalis weighing 3–3.5 g were obtained from Leeches USA (Westbury, Long Island, USA) and starved for 3–6 months at room temperature (20 °C). The dissection was performed in ice-cold leech Ringer ...
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Determination of Minimal Inhibition Concentration and Minimal Bactericidal Concentration of Hirudo medicinalis oil on pathogenic bacteria
... Fatty acids are important constituents and commonly possess antimicrobial activities. The analysis of essential oil extract of Hirudo medicinalis by gas chromatography revealed one peak, leinoleic acid as ...
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Protection and sustainability, exportation of some spe-cies of Medicinal Leeches (Hirudo medicinalis L., 1758 and Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820)
... alanlarda Hirudo medicinalis (Şekil 2A,B) ve Hirudo verbana (Şekil 3A,B) türü sülüklerin ya şadığı tespit ...H. medicinalis yaşadığı saptandı (Tablo ...
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Blood Pressure in the Leech Hirudo Medicinalis
... Intravascular pressure recordings in the lateral vessels of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis, show two distinct pressure patterns: high pressure phases diastolic pressure: 5 ± 3 mmHg, systo[r] ...
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An endogenous peptide modulates the activity of a sensory neurone in the leech Hirudo medicinalis
... Fig. 1. Tissue preparation from Hirudo medicinalis. A nephridium and the dorsal part of the bladder were dissected out. For intracellular recordings, the bladder wall was pinned inside out and the soma of ...
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Anti Tubercular Activities and Molecular Characterization of Salivary Extract of Leech (Hirudo medicinalis) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
... Leech salivary extracts have received much attention because of their exten- sive uses in many medical fields. Leech saliva contains bioactive compounds that act as strong anticoagulants. They are mostly proteins and ...
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Circulation in the Leech, Hirudo Medicinalis L
... A Six anterior segments fused; B scheme valid for the 21 somatic segments; C scheme valid for those five segments which contain the intestine; D seven posterior segments fused, ci, capil[r] ...
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The Roles of Endogenous Membrane Properties and Synaptic Interaction in Generating the Heartbeat Rhythm of the Leech, Hirudo Medicinalis
... During the normal functioning of the HN cell ensemble ipsilateral cells HNL, 3 and HNL, 4 always produce inphase impulse burst rhythms Thompson & Stent, 19766; Calabrese, 1977 but it has[r] ...
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Switching in the activity state of an interneuron that controls coordination of the hearts in the medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
... The result of the activity of all the heart interneurons is that the heart motor neurons on the side of the body ipsilateral to the inactive HN5 interneuron are in the peristaltic coordi[r] ...
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The Mechanism of Locomotion in the Leech (Hirudo Medicinalis Ray)
... If tactile stimulation applied at the posterior end of the body were responsible, in the absence of the posterior sucker, for the onset of a circular wave at the anterior end of the body[r] ...
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Cholinergic action on the heart of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis
... In this study we localize acetylcholinesterase in the heart, characterize cholinergic receptors on the heart muscle cells and test neuromuscular transmission by the HE motor neurones and[r] ...
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Mechanoreceptors, Photoreceptors and Rapid Conduction Pathways in the Leech, Hirudo Medicinalis
... a Usual response to stimulation by light anteriorly, 6 Faivre's nerve cut midway along connective 16-17, electrode on this connective distal to cut, c as for 6 but with electrode proxima[r] ...
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Sodium and Calcium Dependent Excitability of Embryonic Leech Ganglion Cells in Culture
... Voltage-dependent Na and Ca 2+ inward currents underlying the action potential in cultured embryonic ganglion cells of the leech Hirudo medicinalis have been investigated using the gigas[r] ...
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The bacterial flora of the medical leech (hirudo verbana, carena, 1820) in karagöl (kahramanmaraş)
... species Hirudo medicinalis and Hirudo verbana (Canpolat and Sağlam ...2004). Hirudo medicinalis, Hirudo verbana, and Hirudo sulukii are the common medicinal leeches in our ...
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Leech therapeutic applications
... species, Hirudo medicinalis, also known as the healing leech was preferred by the majority of physicians compared to the American species, Hirudo decora, which can suck less blood due to a smaller ...
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Ingestive sensory inputs excite serotonin effector neurones and promote serotonin depletion from the leech central nervous system and periphery
... Thermal cues have been shown to play a role in the expression of feeding behaviour by hungry Hirudo medicinalis. Leeches bite a warm surface with maximum frequency as that surface approaches mammalian skin ...
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Regulation of Na(+) transport across leech skin by peptide hormones and neurotransmitters
... Living in freshwater habitats, which are strongly hypo- osmotic to its body fluids, the leech Hirudo medicinalis is faced continuously with the problem of water uptake and salt loss across its integument. ...
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Excitability and secretory activity in the salivary gland cells of jawed leeches (Hirudinea: Gnathobdellida)
... Results Anatomy The cell bodies of the salivary gland cells of the gnathobdellid leeches Hirudo medicinalis and Macrobdella decora are located approximately from segments V to XI accordi[r] ...
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A REVIEW ON THE THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF LEECH .......
... species, Hirudo medicinalis, also known as the heal- ing leech was preferred by the majority of physicians compared to the American spe- cies, Hirudo decora, which can suck less blood due to a ...
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