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Brian Prendergast

Concepts (334)

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Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Photoperiod
56
2022
73
12.680
Why?
Circadian Rhythm
28
2022
304
7.230
Why?
Phodopus
54
2019
59
6.680
Why?
Seasons
27
2019
236
4.840
Why?
Cricetinae
58
2019
558
4.680
Why?
Motor Activity
22
2016
327
3.140
Why?
Melatonin
17
2013
50
2.680
Why?
Activity Cycles
8
2022
19
2.660
Why?
Reproduction
18
2019
198
2.620
Why?
Behavior, Animal
15
2023
377
2.510
Why?
Hypothalamus
11
2019
79
2.440
Why?
Sex Characteristics
9
2023
323
2.270
Why?
Testis
24
2014
152
2.090
Why?
Immune System
9
2020
97
2.010
Why?
Animals
86
2023
27272
1.710
Why?
Circadian Clocks
4
2021
59
1.660
Why?
Iodide Peroxidase
5
2013
205
1.650
Why?
Leukocytes
7
2013
203
1.520
Why?
Testosterone
8
2014
275
1.490
Why?
Ultradian Rhythm
2
2022
4
1.430
Why?
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
2
2023
201
1.330
Why?
Lipopolysaccharides
12
2019
293
1.330
Why?
Body Weight
23
2023
452
1.320
Why?
Depression
5
2014
502
1.300
Why?
Pineal Gland
7
2013
15
1.290
Why?
Light
13
2022
291
1.270
Why?
Cytokines
8
2019
801
1.160
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
3
2014
125
1.150
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
6
2019
314
1.110
Why?
Endotoxins
3
2014
36
1.090
Why?
Immunity
3
2020
141
1.080
Why?
Male
64
2023
42127
1.050
Why?
Sexual Maturation
3
2018
35
1.030
Why?
Eating
10
2019
165
0.970
Why?
Pharmacokinetics
2
2023
10
0.950
Why?
Period Circadian Proteins
2
2021
10
0.920
Why?
Research Personnel
1
2024
71
0.920
Why?
Inflammation
3
2015
969
0.890
Why?
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
3
2013
6
0.850
Why?
Triiodothyronine
4
2019
341
0.840
Why?
Illness Behavior
4
2019
7
0.840
Why?
Darkness
7
2022
49
0.820
Why?
Rats, Wistar
7
2014
302
0.810
Why?
Female
42
2023
45893
0.750
Why?
Body Temperature
6
2017
124
0.720
Why?
Periodicity
5
2017
119
0.720
Why?
Organ Size
13
2013
368
0.700
Why?
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
3
2016
16
0.680
Why?
Interleukin-1beta
5
2014
81
0.680
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
2
2009
40
0.640
Why?
Social Change
1
2018
8
0.630
Why?
Microbiota
2
2022
398
0.600
Why?
Corticosterone
3
2012
35
0.590
Why?
Social Behavior
4
2018
299
0.580
Why?
Feeding Behavior
4
2014
326
0.580
Why?
Wound Healing
3
2016
359
0.570
Why?
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
4
2011
81
0.550
Why?
Emotions
2
2013
349
0.550
Why?
Immunity, Innate
4
2019
428
0.550
Why?
Mesocricetus
3
2014
105
0.520
Why?
Neuroimmunomodulation
2
2007
11
0.510
Why?
Social Environment
4
2011
187
0.510
Why?
Hypersensitivity, Delayed
4
2013
25
0.510
Why?
Time Factors
11
2024
5311
0.500
Why?
Sexual Behavior, Animal
3
2014
95
0.500
Why?
Skin Diseases
1
2016
173
0.500
Why?
Rats
9
2022
4039
0.490
Why?
RNA, Messenger
5
2014
2011
0.490
Why?
Immunologic Memory
2
2008
162
0.490
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2022
397
0.480
Why?
Gonadal Hormones
1
2014
2
0.480
Why?
Endotoxemia
1
2014
18
0.470
Why?
Neuropeptides
3
2019
114
0.460
Why?
Time Perception
1
2013
24
0.460
Why?
Sodium Glutamate
1
2013
2
0.450
Why?
Thyroxine
2
2013
347
0.450
Why?
Analysis of Variance
8
2013
901
0.450
Why?
Neurosciences
1
2014
52
0.440
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
2014
131
0.440
Why?
Dermatitis
1
2013
34
0.430
Why?
Pituitary-Adrenal System
2
2011
64
0.430
Why?
Hippocampus
2
2014
447
0.430
Why?
Locomotion
4
2022
138
0.420
Why?
Nerve Net
1
2016
372
0.420
Why?
Hydrocortisone
6
2013
301
0.420
Why?
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
1
2013
197
0.410
Why?
Fever
6
2015
126
0.410
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
3
2013
1974
0.410
Why?
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
3
2008
147
0.400
Why?
DNA Methylation
2
2013
657
0.400
Why?
Individuality
1
2012
110
0.400
Why?
Estradiol
1
2012
250
0.400
Why?
Disease Susceptibility
1
2012
199
0.390
Why?
Vision, Monocular
1
2011
15
0.390
Why?
Lymphocytes
3
2003
471
0.390
Why?
Vision, Binocular
1
2011
21
0.380
Why?
Ghrelin
1
2010
29
0.360
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT1
1
2009
1
0.350
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT2
1
2009
2
0.350
Why?
Aging
2
2013
713
0.350
Why?
Bacterial Infections
2
2010
183
0.350
Why?
Hemocyanins
3
2004
7
0.350
Why?
Anxiety
2
2009
307
0.340
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2013
504
0.330
Why?
Mice
8
2023
11722
0.330
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
1
2009
23
0.330
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Animal
1
2009
57
0.320
Why?
Orchiectomy
5
2014
72
0.320
Why?
Dinitrofluorobenzene
2
2009
3
0.320
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2014
1265
0.310
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2011
336
0.310
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
2
2022
56
0.310
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2010
235
0.310
Why?
Nesting Behavior
4
2008
20
0.300
Why?
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
1
2007
131
0.300
Why?
Behavioral Symptoms
1
2007
15
0.300
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
1
2009
287
0.300
Why?
Virus Diseases
1
2008
97
0.290
Why?
Spleen
5
2013
431
0.290
Why?
Animals, Newborn
3
2013
524
0.280
Why?
Luteinizing Hormone
1
2006
167
0.270
Why?
Antioxidants
1
2007
224
0.270
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
4
2013
48
0.270
Why?
T-Lymphocytes
3
2020
1222
0.260
Why?
Neuroendocrinology
1
2005
4
0.260
Why?
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1
2006
108
0.260
Why?
Immune Tolerance
1
2008
337
0.260
Why?
Affect
1
2007
387
0.250
Why?
Food Deprivation
3
2019
24
0.250
Why?
Swimming
3
2013
63
0.240
Why?
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
3
2013
374
0.230
Why?
Androgens
1
2005
175
0.230
Why?
Memory
2
2010
220
0.230
Why?
Sick Role
3
2008
13
0.230
Why?
Enzyme Induction
2
2014
88
0.220
Why?
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
2
2014
56
0.220
Why?
Pest Control
1
2023
6
0.220
Why?
Wavelet Analysis
1
2022
2
0.220
Why?
Hormones
2
2014
139
0.220
Why?
Sex Factors
2
2023
1062
0.220
Why?
Prealbumin
1
2002
34
0.210
Why?
Skin
3
2005
581
0.210
Why?
Thyroxine-Binding Proteins
1
2002
86
0.210
Why?
Leukocyte Count
3
2009
223
0.210
Why?
Hibernation
1
2002
5
0.210
Why?
Immunity, Cellular
1
2003
178
0.210
Why?
Breeding
2
2018
41
0.200
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3370
0.200
Why?
Biology
1
2022
52
0.200
Why?
Peromyscus
1
2001
13
0.200
Why?
Anorexia
3
2019
30
0.200
Why?
Neurosecretory Systems
1
2001
36
0.200
Why?
Rodentia
1
2001
41
0.190
Why?
Arousal
1
2002
170
0.190
Why?
Hypothyroidism
1
2002
235
0.190
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2003
511
0.180
Why?
Age Factors
4
2013
1862
0.180
Why?
Cell Division
4
2003
696
0.180
Why?
Pregnancy
4
2014
3002
0.180
Why?
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
1
2020
22
0.180
Why?
Mammals
1
2022
235
0.180
Why?
Castration
2
2014
41
0.180
Why?
Pro-Opiomelanocortin
1
2019
13
0.170
Why?
Ovary
2
2012
261
0.170
Why?
Hair
2
2013
56
0.160
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
3
2013
1796
0.160
Why?
Chimera
1
1998
56
0.160
Why?
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
1
2019
51
0.160
Why?
Cachexia
2
2009
13
0.160
Why?
Regression Analysis
3
2012
590
0.160
Why?
Humans
9
2024
88835
0.150
Why?
Weight Gain
2
2019
119
0.150
Why?
Energy Metabolism
1
2019
276
0.150
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2013
1309
0.140
Why?
Down-Regulation
2
2019
519
0.140
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
1
2016
25
0.140
Why?
Radioimmunoassay
3
2008
155
0.140
Why?
Cues
2
2009
177
0.140
Why?
Stress, Psychological
2
2013
321
0.130
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2016
360
0.130
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
3
2019
2347
0.130
Why?
Sleep
1
2020
450
0.130
Why?
Lactation
2
2012
54
0.130
Why?
Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus
1
2014
2
0.130
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2010
887
0.120
Why?
Diet, High-Fat
1
2015
117
0.120
Why?
Aggression
1
2018
322
0.120
Why?
Dark Adaptation
1
2013
12
0.120
Why?
Dysbiosis
1
2015
77
0.120
Why?
CD11b Antigen
1
2014
36
0.120
Why?
RNA, Neoplasm
1
2014
88
0.120
Why?
DNA Restriction Enzymes
1
2013
97
0.110
Why?
Lipid Metabolism
1
2015
199
0.110
Why?
Biological Clocks
2
2006
74
0.110
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
2
2015
866
0.110
Why?
Immunization
2
2004
160
0.110
Why?
Social Isolation
1
2013
67
0.110
Why?
Lighting
1
2013
33
0.110
Why?
Gastrointestinal Tract
1
2015
191
0.110
Why?
Genitalia
1
2013
21
0.110
Why?
Lymphoid Tissue
1
2013
57
0.110
Why?
Weaning
1
2013
25
0.110
Why?
Seminal Vesicles
1
2013
39
0.110
Why?
Methylnitrosourea
1
2012
7
0.110
Why?
Homing Behavior
1
2012
6
0.110
Why?
Color
1
2013
85
0.110
Why?
Estrous Cycle
1
2012
8
0.110
Why?
Extremities
1
2013
168
0.100
Why?
Tumor Burden
1
2014
308
0.100
Why?
DNA, Complementary
1
2013
392
0.100
Why?
Pregnancy, Animal
1
2012
58
0.100
Why?
Hypothermia
1
2011
26
0.100
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2013
282
0.100
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
1
2013
217
0.100
Why?
Cholera Toxin
1
2011
21
0.100
Why?
Vagina
1
2013
173
0.100
Why?
Flow Cytometry
1
2013
690
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2013
921
0.090
Why?
Orexins
1
2010
8
0.090
Why?
Neuropeptide Y
1
2010
32
0.090
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2010
67
0.090
Why?
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
2
2022
125
0.090
Why?
Maze Learning
1
2010
28
0.090
Why?
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
1
2010
27
0.090
Why?
5-Methoxytryptamine
1
2009
1
0.090
Why?
Visual Acuity
1
2011
197
0.090
Why?
Indenes
1
2009
10
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2011
310
0.090
Why?
Telemetry
1
2010
36
0.090
Why?
Cerebrum
1
2009
16
0.090
Why?
Fear
1
2010
79
0.080
Why?
Dendritic Cells
1
2013
440
0.080
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2019
1428
0.080
Why?
Retina
1
2011
216
0.080
Why?
Brain
2
2013
2269
0.080
Why?
Anhedonia
1
2009
11
0.080
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
181
0.080
Why?
RNA
1
2013
578
0.080
Why?
Species Specificity
2
2019
684
0.080
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2012
575
0.080
Why?
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
1
2015
501
0.080
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
1
2008
42
0.080
Why?
Saccharin
1
2008
9
0.080
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
387
0.080
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacteria
1
2008
35
0.080
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacteria
1
2008
18
0.080
Why?
Escape Reaction
1
2007
12
0.080
Why?
Drinking
1
2007
33
0.080
Why?
Solutions
1
2007
85
0.080
Why?
Osmolar Concentration
1
2007
181
0.080
Why?
Sunlight
1
2007
27
0.070
Why?
Sucrose
1
2007
65
0.070
Why?
Lymphocyte Subsets
1
2007
66
0.070
Why?
Phototherapy
1
2007
35
0.070
Why?
Phenotype
1
2014
2438
0.070
Why?
Biomimetics
1
2007
31
0.070
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
1
2007
188
0.070
Why?
Learning
1
2010
283
0.070
Why?
Diet
1
2009
442
0.070
Why?
Biomarkers
1
2012
1751
0.070
Why?
Dinoprostone
2
2003
70
0.070
Why?
Antigens, CD
1
2007
466
0.060
Why?
Adolescent
1
2018
9201
0.060
Why?
Climate
1
2005
58
0.060
Why?
Reflex, Startle
1
2005
32
0.060
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2012
1763
0.060
Why?
Behavior
1
2005
85
0.060
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2006
225
0.060
Why?
Social Facilitation
1
2004
8
0.060
Why?
Dinitrobenzenes
1
2004
5
0.060
Why?
Smell
1
2005
111
0.060
Why?
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
1
2003
36
0.060
Why?
Immunoglobulins
1
2004
144
0.060
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2003
163
0.060
Why?
Lethal Dose 50
1
2003
8
0.060
Why?
Thiourea
1
2002
8
0.050
Why?
Antibody Formation
1
2003
171
0.050
Why?
Isoenzymes
1
2003
273
0.050
Why?
Insecta
1
2023
49
0.050
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
2002
19
0.050
Why?
Albumins
1
2002
129
0.050
Why?
Environment
1
2004
224
0.050
Why?
Sciuridae
1
2002
18
0.050
Why?
Shock, Septic
1
2003
103
0.050
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2005
465
0.050
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2003
463
0.050
Why?
Immunophenotyping
1
2002
217
0.050
Why?
Photic Stimulation
2
2006
501
0.050
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2003
229
0.050
Why?
Lymphocyte Activation
1
2004
751
0.050
Why?
Thyroid Gland
1
2002
280
0.050
Why?
Attention
1
2005
393
0.050
Why?
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
1
2002
695
0.050
Why?
Education
1
2020
58
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
2000
434
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
1
2001
996
0.040
Why?
Macrophages
1
2003
570
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2003
1938
0.040
Why?
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
1
2003
699
0.040
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2003
1533
0.040
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2019
69
0.040
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
1
2019
86
0.040
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2019
76
0.040
Why?
Cold Temperature
1
2019
160
0.040
Why?
Propranolol
1
1998
44
0.040
Why?
Whole Genome Sequencing
1
2019
87
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
1
2019
160
0.040
Why?
United States
2
2022
6928
0.040
Why?
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
1
1998
104
0.040
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2001
2879
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2019
956
0.030
Why?
Computational Biology
1
2019
542
0.030
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2022
2750
0.030
Why?
Postpartum Period
1
1996
144
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred BALB C
1
2017
1086
0.030
Why?
Cell Differentiation
1
2020
1521
0.030
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
1
2019
839
0.030
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
1
2015
3026
0.020
Why?
Liver
1
2015
1204
0.020
Why?
Glucocorticoids
1
2011
356
0.020
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2011
466
0.020
Why?
Obesity
1
2015
964
0.020
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
1
2011
1066
0.020
Why?
Psychological Tests
1
2006
91
0.020
Why?
Immobilization
1
2004
21
0.020
Why?
Preoptic Area
1
2003
6
0.010
Why?
Oxytocin
1
2004
72
0.010
Why?
Infusion Pumps, Implantable
1
2003
25
0.010
Why?
Cyclooxygenase 2
1
2003
99
0.010
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
2003
28
0.010
Why?
Wounds, Penetrating
1
2003
56
0.010
Why?
Adjuvants, Immunologic
1
2003
168
0.010
Why?
Endothelium, Vascular
1
2003
433
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2006
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