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Concepts (333)

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Concepts are listed by decreasing relevance which is based on many factors, including how many publications the person wrote about that topic, how long ago those publications were written, and how many publications other people have written on that same topic.


Name Number of Publications Most Recent Publication Publications by All Authors Concept Score Why?
Photoperiod
56
2022
72
13.130
Why?
Circadian Rhythm
28
2022
303
7.540
Why?
Phodopus
54
2019
59
6.920
Why?
Seasons
27
2019
223
5.030
Why?
Cricetinae
58
2019
560
4.840
Why?
Motor Activity
22
2016
327
3.240
Why?
Melatonin
17
2013
47
2.800
Why?
Activity Cycles
8
2022
19
2.750
Why?
Reproduction
18
2019
195
2.710
Why?
Behavior, Animal
15
2023
373
2.600
Why?
Hypothalamus
11
2019
79
2.530
Why?
Sex Characteristics
9
2023
319
2.350
Why?
Testis
24
2014
152
2.170
Why?
Immune System
9
2020
93
2.100
Why?
Animals
86
2023
26582
1.790
Why?
Circadian Clocks
4
2021
53
1.730
Why?
Iodide Peroxidase
5
2013
203
1.710
Why?
Leukocytes
7
2013
202
1.580
Why?
Testosterone
8
2014
271
1.550
Why?
Ultradian Rhythm
2
2022
4
1.480
Why?
Lipopolysaccharides
12
2019
286
1.380
Why?
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
2
2023
199
1.380
Why?
Depression
5
2014
473
1.370
Why?
Body Weight
23
2023
459
1.370
Why?
Pineal Gland
7
2013
14
1.340
Why?
Light
13
2022
289
1.320
Why?
Cytokines
8
2019
776
1.210
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
3
2014
124
1.190
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
6
2019
306
1.160
Why?
Endotoxins
3
2014
36
1.130
Why?
Immunity
3
2020
136
1.120
Why?
Male
64
2023
40965
1.100
Why?
Sexual Maturation
3
2018
35
1.070
Why?
Eating
10
2019
166
1.010
Why?
Pharmacokinetics
2
2023
12
0.980
Why?
Period Circadian Proteins
2
2021
10
0.960
Why?
Inflammation
3
2015
920
0.940
Why?
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
3
2013
6
0.880
Why?
Illness Behavior
4
2019
7
0.870
Why?
Triiodothyronine
4
2019
339
0.870
Why?
Darkness
7
2022
49
0.860
Why?
Rats, Wistar
7
2014
297
0.840
Why?
Female
42
2023
44532
0.790
Why?
Body Temperature
6
2017
124
0.750
Why?
Periodicity
5
2017
119
0.740
Why?
Organ Size
13
2013
364
0.730
Why?
Interleukin-1beta
5
2014
78
0.710
Why?
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
3
2016
16
0.710
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
2
2009
40
0.670
Why?
Social Change
1
2018
7
0.660
Why?
Microbiota
2
2022
381
0.620
Why?
Corticosterone
3
2012
35
0.610
Why?
Social Behavior
4
2018
294
0.600
Why?
Feeding Behavior
4
2014
324
0.600
Why?
Wound Healing
3
2016
344
0.600
Why?
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
4
2011
81
0.570
Why?
Immunity, Innate
4
2019
409
0.570
Why?
Emotions
2
2013
341
0.570
Why?
Mesocricetus
3
2014
107
0.540
Why?
Neuroimmunomodulation
2
2007
11
0.530
Why?
Social Environment
4
2011
188
0.530
Why?
Hypersensitivity, Delayed
4
2013
25
0.530
Why?
Sexual Behavior, Animal
3
2014
92
0.520
Why?
RNA, Messenger
5
2014
1981
0.510
Why?
Skin Diseases
1
2016
166
0.510
Why?
Rats
9
2022
3990
0.510
Why?
Immunologic Memory
2
2008
152
0.510
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2022
376
0.510
Why?
Gonadal Hormones
1
2014
2
0.500
Why?
Endotoxemia
1
2014
18
0.480
Why?
Neuropeptides
3
2019
112
0.480
Why?
Time Perception
1
2013
24
0.470
Why?
Sodium Glutamate
1
2013
3
0.470
Why?
Thyroxine
2
2013
344
0.460
Why?
Analysis of Variance
8
2013
912
0.460
Why?
Neurosciences
1
2014
52
0.450
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
2014
130
0.450
Why?
Dermatitis
1
2013
32
0.450
Why?
Locomotion
4
2022
131
0.440
Why?
Pituitary-Adrenal System
2
2011
64
0.440
Why?
Hippocampus
2
2014
442
0.440
Why?
Nerve Net
1
2016
366
0.440
Why?
Hydrocortisone
6
2013
298
0.430
Why?
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
1
2013
187
0.430
Why?
Fever
6
2015
125
0.430
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
3
2013
1920
0.420
Why?
DNA Methylation
2
2013
628
0.420
Why?
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
3
2008
147
0.420
Why?
Individuality
1
2012
109
0.410
Why?
Disease Susceptibility
1
2012
193
0.410
Why?
Estradiol
1
2012
252
0.410
Why?
Vision, Monocular
1
2011
15
0.400
Why?
Lymphocytes
3
2003
464
0.400
Why?
Vision, Binocular
1
2011
20
0.400
Why?
Time Factors
10
2016
5210
0.390
Why?
Ghrelin
1
2010
29
0.380
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT1
1
2009
1
0.370
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT2
1
2009
2
0.370
Why?
Aging
2
2013
691
0.370
Why?
Hemocyanins
3
2004
7
0.360
Why?
Bacterial Infections
2
2010
182
0.360
Why?
Anxiety
2
2009
287
0.350
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2013
479
0.350
Why?
Mice
8
2023
11352
0.350
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
1
2009
23
0.340
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Animal
1
2009
54
0.340
Why?
Orchiectomy
5
2014
68
0.330
Why?
Dinitrofluorobenzene
2
2009
3
0.330
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2014
1197
0.330
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2011
329
0.320
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
2
2022
56
0.320
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2010
236
0.320
Why?
Nesting Behavior
4
2008
19
0.310
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
1
2009
279
0.310
Why?
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
1
2007
131
0.310
Why?
Behavioral Symptoms
1
2007
15
0.310
Why?
Virus Diseases
1
2008
97
0.300
Why?
Spleen
5
2013
430
0.300
Why?
Animals, Newborn
3
2013
510
0.290
Why?
Luteinizing Hormone
1
2006
167
0.280
Why?
Antioxidants
1
2007
223
0.280
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
4
2013
44
0.280
Why?
T-Lymphocytes
3
2020
1195
0.270
Why?
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1
2006
103
0.270
Why?
Neuroendocrinology
1
2005
4
0.270
Why?
Immune Tolerance
1
2008
337
0.260
Why?
Affect
1
2007
386
0.260
Why?
Food Deprivation
3
2019
24
0.260
Why?
Swimming
3
2013
60
0.250
Why?
Androgens
1
2005
167
0.240
Why?
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
3
2013
376
0.240
Why?
Memory
2
2010
225
0.240
Why?
Sick Role
3
2008
13
0.240
Why?
Enzyme Induction
2
2014
88
0.230
Why?
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
2
2014
54
0.230
Why?
Pest Control
1
2023
6
0.230
Why?
Wavelet Analysis
1
2022
2
0.230
Why?
Hormones
2
2014
141
0.220
Why?
Sex Factors
2
2023
1054
0.220
Why?
Skin
3
2005
554
0.220
Why?
Prealbumin
1
2002
34
0.220
Why?
Thyroxine-Binding Proteins
1
2002
86
0.220
Why?
Leukocyte Count
3
2009
220
0.220
Why?
Hibernation
1
2002
5
0.220
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3241
0.210
Why?
Immunity, Cellular
1
2003
177
0.210
Why?
Breeding
2
2018
39
0.210
Why?
Biology
1
2022
50
0.210
Why?
Peromyscus
1
2001
13
0.210
Why?
Anorexia
3
2019
30
0.210
Why?
Neurosecretory Systems
1
2001
35
0.200
Why?
Rodentia
1
2001
42
0.200
Why?
Arousal
1
2002
170
0.200
Why?
Hypothyroidism
1
2002
232
0.190
Why?
Pregnancy
4
2014
2894
0.190
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2003
503
0.190
Why?
Age Factors
4
2013
1851
0.190
Why?
Cell Division
4
2003
696
0.190
Why?
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
1
2020
22
0.190
Why?
Mammals
1
2022
227
0.190
Why?
Castration
2
2014
41
0.180
Why?
Pro-Opiomelanocortin
1
2019
12
0.180
Why?
Ovary
2
2012
258
0.170
Why?
Hair
2
2013
56
0.170
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
3
2013
1753
0.170
Why?
Chimera
1
1998
56
0.170
Why?
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
1
2019
49
0.170
Why?
Cachexia
2
2009
12
0.170
Why?
Regression Analysis
3
2012
596
0.160
Why?
Weight Gain
2
2019
123
0.150
Why?
Energy Metabolism
1
2019
271
0.150
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2013
1284
0.150
Why?
Down-Regulation
2
2019
504
0.140
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
1
2016
25
0.140
Why?
Radioimmunoassay
3
2008
155
0.140
Why?
Cues
2
2009
175
0.140
Why?
Stress, Psychological
2
2013
313
0.140
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2016
364
0.140
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
3
2019
2232
0.140
Why?
Sleep
1
2020
444
0.130
Why?
Lactation
2
2012
53
0.130
Why?
Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus
1
2014
2
0.130
Why?
Humans
8
2023
86643
0.130
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2010
879
0.130
Why?
Dysbiosis
1
2015
70
0.120
Why?
Diet, High-Fat
1
2015
114
0.120
Why?
Dark Adaptation
1
2013
12
0.120
Why?
Aggression
1
2018
320
0.120
Why?
CD11b Antigen
1
2014
36
0.120
Why?
RNA, Neoplasm
1
2014
87
0.120
Why?
Lipid Metabolism
1
2015
196
0.120
Why?
DNA Restriction Enzymes
1
2013
98
0.120
Why?
Biological Clocks
2
2006
74
0.120
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
2
2015
853
0.120
Why?
Immunization
2
2004
158
0.120
Why?
Social Isolation
1
2013
67
0.110
Why?
Lighting
1
2013
32
0.110
Why?
Genitalia
1
2013
21
0.110
Why?
Lymphoid Tissue
1
2013
57
0.110
Why?
Gastrointestinal Tract
1
2015
191
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
5
0.110
Why?
Color
1
2013
81
0.110
Why?
Tumor Burden
1
2014
289
0.110
Why?
Estrous Cycle
1
2012
8
0.110
Why?
Extremities
1
2013
167
0.110
Why?
DNA, Complementary
1
2013
393
0.110
Why?
Pregnancy, Animal
1
2012
58
0.110
Why?
Hypothermia
1
2011
26
0.100
Why?
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2013
273
0.100
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
1
2013
214
0.100
Why?
Vagina
1
2013
161
0.100
Why?
Cholera Toxin
1
2011
21
0.100
Why?
Flow Cytometry
1
2013
679
0.100
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2013
927
0.100
Why?
Orexins
1
2010
8
0.100
Why?
Neuropeptide Y
1
2010
31
0.090
Why?
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
2
2022
122
0.090
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2010
68
0.090
Why?
Maze Learning
1
2010
28
0.090
Why?
Visual Acuity
1
2011
194
0.090
Why?
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
1
2010
27
0.090
Why?
5-Methoxytryptamine
1
2009
1
0.090
Why?
Indenes
1
2009
9
0.090
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2011
312
0.090
Why?
Telemetry
1
2010
38
0.090
Why?
Cerebrum
1
2009
15
0.090
Why?
Fear
1
2010
78
0.090
Why?
Dendritic Cells
1
2013
425
0.090
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2019
1384
0.090
Why?
Retina
1
2011
213
0.090
Why?
Brain
2
2013
2216
0.090
Why?
Anhedonia
1
2009
10
0.090
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
179
0.090
Why?
RNA
1
2013
560
0.080
Why?
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
1
2015
455
0.080
Why?
Species Specificity
2
2019
678
0.080
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2012
574
0.080
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
1
2008
42
0.080
Why?
Saccharin
1
2008
8
0.080
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacteria
1
2008
35
0.080
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacteria
1
2008
18
0.080
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
379
0.080
Why?
Escape Reaction
1
2007
12
0.080
Why?
Drinking
1
2007
34
0.080
Why?
Solutions
1
2007
85
0.080
Why?
Osmolar Concentration
1
2007
181
0.080
Why?
Sunlight
1
2007
26
0.080
Why?
Phenotype
1
2014
2378
0.080
Why?
Sucrose
1
2007
64
0.080
Why?
Lymphocyte Subsets
1
2007
64
0.080
Why?
Phototherapy
1
2007
35
0.080
Why?
Biomimetics
1
2007
29
0.070
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
1
2007
188
0.070
Why?
Learning
1
2010
280
0.070
Why?
Diet
1
2009
443
0.070
Why?
Biomarkers
1
2012
1718
0.070
Why?
Dinoprostone
2
2003
69
0.070
Why?
Antigens, CD
1
2007
458
0.070
Why?
Adolescent
1
2018
8981
0.070
Why?
Climate
1
2005
50
0.070
Why?
Reflex, Startle
1
2005
32
0.070
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2012
1749
0.060
Why?
Behavior
1
2005
85
0.060
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2006
229
0.060
Why?
Social Facilitation
1
2004
8
0.060
Why?
Dinitrobenzenes
1
2004
5
0.060
Why?
Smell
1
2005
109
0.060
Why?
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
1
2003
37
0.060
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2003
154
0.060
Why?
Immunoglobulins
1
2004
148
0.060
Why?
Lethal Dose 50
1
2003
8
0.060
Why?
Thiourea
1
2002
8
0.060
Why?
Antibody Formation
1
2003
171
0.060
Why?
Isoenzymes
1
2003
271
0.050
Why?
Insecta
1
2023
48
0.050
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
2002
19
0.050
Why?
Environment
1
2004
219
0.050
Why?
Albumins
1
2002
133
0.050
Why?
Sciuridae
1
2002
18
0.050
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2005
449
0.050
Why?
Shock, Septic
1
2003
102
0.050
Why?
Immunophenotyping
1
2002
211
0.050
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2003
456
0.050
Why?
Photic Stimulation
2
2006
493
0.050
Why?
Thyroid Gland
1
2002
270
0.050
Why?
Lymphocyte Activation
1
2004
728
0.050
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2003
227
0.050
Why?
Attention
1
2005
388
0.050
Why?
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
1
2002
689
0.050
Why?
Education
1
2020
58
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
2000
429
0.040
Why?
Macrophages
1
2003
554
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
1
2001
989
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2003
1961
0.040
Why?
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
1
2003
683
0.040
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2019
67
0.040
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
1
2019
86
0.040
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2003
1538
0.040
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2019
76
0.040
Why?
Cold Temperature
1
2019
157
0.040
Why?
Whole Genome Sequencing
1
2019
76
0.040
Why?
Propranolol
1
1998
45
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
1
2019
159
0.040
Why?
United States
2
2022
6672
0.040
Why?
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
1
1998
152
0.040
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2001
2818
0.040
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2019
937
0.030
Why?
Computational Biology
1
2019
528
0.030
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2022
2705
0.030
Why?
Postpartum Period
1
1996
135
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred BALB C
1
2017
1047
0.030
Why?
Cell Differentiation
1
2020
1458
0.030
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
1
2019
813
0.030
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
1
2015
3030
0.020
Why?
Liver
1
2015
1230
0.020
Why?
Glucocorticoids
1
2011
352
0.020
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2011
459
0.020
Why?
Obesity
1
2015
963
0.020
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
1
2011
1019
0.020
Why?
Psychological Tests
1
2006
91
0.020
Why?
Immobilization
1
2004
22
0.020
Why?
Preoptic Area
1
2003
6
0.010
Why?
Oxytocin
1
2004
71
0.010
Why?
Infusion Pumps, Implantable
1
2003
25
0.010
Why?
Cyclooxygenase 2
1
2003
100
0.010
Why?
Restraint, Physical
1
2003
27
0.010
Why?
Wounds, Penetrating
1
2003
46
0.010
Why?
Adjuvants, Immunologic
1
2003
167
0.010
Why?
Endothelium, Vascular
1
2003
435
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2006
3092
0.010
Why?
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