... in the medicinal leech (Hirudo verbana). The electroshock stimuli did not alter the leeches’ responses to nociceptive stimuli, but did cause sensitization to non-nociceptive stimuli, characterized by a reduction in response threshold. These experiments were repeated with drugs that either blocked synthesis...

... as well as electrophysiology . J. Open Res. Software   5 , 23 . Wagenaar , D. A. and Stowasser , A. (2016). Visual responses of the S-cell system of the leech Hirudo verbana suggest complex integration mechanisms. In Society for Neuroscience, 46th annual meeting, San Diego, CA, abstract...