The binding patterns of four different lectins conjugated to horseradish peroxidase were
investigated in the nervous system of juvenile Xenopus borealis. Only the lectin soybean …

Leech sensory afferents change their growth behavior as they enter the CNS. Arriving from
the periphery in fasciculated tracts, they abruptly defasciculate and expand into diffuse trees …

The targeting of sensory afferent neurons in the leech CNS occurs in two discrete steps that
are mediated via different carbohydrate recognitions, as shown by molecular perturbations …

We are reporting on the evolutionary conservation of carbohydrate epitope families from
vertebrate to leech. 1) The sulfated L2/HNK‐1 carbohydrate epitope Abo T, Balch CM …

Two MAbs against fixed leech CNS which bind the nociceptive neurons, either the complete
set or the lateral subset, yield bands on immunoblots of SDS acrylamide gels. When one of …

The neural control of the excretory system of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis has
been characterized morphologically and chemically using light and electron microscopy …

From early development through adulthood in the leech, sensory afferents, glial cells, and
connective tissue express different epitopes located on a group of 130‐kDa glycoproteins …

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) raised against adult leech nervous systems were screened
on embryos of the leech Haemopis marmorata in order to determine when in development …

The distribution of 4 surface glycoproteins on axons of peripheral neurons was studied in the
leechHirudo medicinalis through monoclonal antibodies. All 4 glycoproteins have a similar …

Cells immunoreactive to an antiserum specifically directed against vertebrate α-Neo-
endorphin (α-NE) were detected in the internal wall of anterior and posterior suckers of the …