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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
12.030
Why?
Circadian Rhythm
28
2022
308
6.890
Why?
Phodopus
54
2019
59
6.320
Why?
Seasons
27
2019
241
4.580
Why?
Cricetinae
58
2019
538
4.450
Why?
Motor Activity
22
2016
330
2.980
Why?
Melatonin
17
2013
51
2.540
Why?
Activity Cycles
8
2022
19
2.510
Why?
Reproduction
18
2019
201
2.480
Why?
Behavior, Animal
15
2023
385
2.360
Why?
Hypothalamus
11
2019
79
2.310
Why?
Sex Characteristics
9
2023
331
2.140
Why?
Testis
24
2014
152
1.990
Why?
Immune System
9
2020
102
1.900
Why?
Animals
86
2023
27974
1.620
Why?
Circadian Clocks
4
2021
65
1.570
Why?
Iodide Peroxidase
5
2013
213
1.570
Why?
Leukocytes
7
2013
210
1.440
Why?
Testosterone
8
2014
273
1.420
Why?
Ultradian Rhythm
2
2022
4
1.350
Why?
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
2
2023
205
1.270
Why?
Lipopolysaccharides
12
2019
301
1.260
Why?
Body Weight
23
2023
456
1.260
Why?
Depression
5
2014
526
1.220
Why?
Pineal Gland
7
2013
16
1.210
Why?
Light
13
2022
294
1.200
Why?
Cytokines
8
2019
840
1.090
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
3
2014
127
1.090
Why?
Adaptation, Physiological
6
2019
322
1.050
Why?
Endotoxins
3
2014
38
1.030
Why?
Immunity
3
2020
149
1.000
Why?
Sexual Maturation
3
2018
35
0.980
Why?
Male
64
2023
43858
0.980
Why?
Eating
10
2019
168
0.920
Why?
Pharmacokinetics
2
2023
10
0.890
Why?
Period Circadian Proteins
2
2021
13
0.870
Why?
Research Personnel
1
2024
74
0.860
Why?
Inflammation
3
2015
1023
0.830
Why?
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
3
2013
6
0.800
Why?
Illness Behavior
4
2019
7
0.790
Why?
Triiodothyronine
4
2019
359
0.780
Why?
Darkness
7
2022
49
0.780
Why?
Rats, Wistar
7
2014
305
0.770
Why?
Female
42
2023
47822
0.700
Why?
Body Temperature
6
2017
127
0.680
Why?
Periodicity
5
2017
119
0.680
Why?
Organ Size
13
2013
375
0.670
Why?
Arcuate Nucleus of Hypothalamus
3
2016
16
0.640
Why?
Interleukin-1beta
5
2014
85
0.640
Why?
Olfactory Bulb
2
2009
41
0.610
Why?
Social Change
1
2018
8
0.600
Why?
Microbiota
2
2022
413
0.570
Why?
Corticosterone
3
2012
35
0.560
Why?
Social Behavior
4
2018
302
0.550
Why?
Feeding Behavior
4
2014
334
0.550
Why?
Wound Healing
3
2016
368
0.540
Why?
Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System
4
2011
81
0.520
Why?
Emotions
2
2013
360
0.520
Why?
Immunity, Innate
4
2019
438
0.520
Why?
Mesocricetus
3
2014
103
0.490
Why?
Social Environment
4
2011
187
0.490
Why?
Neuroimmunomodulation
2
2007
12
0.490
Why?
Hypersensitivity, Delayed
4
2013
25
0.480
Why?
Time Factors
11
2024
5426
0.480
Why?
Rats
9
2022
4063
0.470
Why?
Sexual Behavior, Animal
3
2014
95
0.470
Why?
Skin Diseases
1
2016
175
0.470
Why?
RNA, Messenger
5
2014
2037
0.470
Why?
Biomedical Research
2
2022
402
0.460
Why?
Immunologic Memory
2
2008
176
0.460
Why?
Gonadal Hormones
1
2014
1
0.450
Why?
Endotoxemia
1
2014
19
0.440
Why?
Neuropeptides
3
2019
113
0.440
Why?
Time Perception
1
2013
24
0.430
Why?
Analysis of Variance
8
2013
900
0.430
Why?
Sodium Glutamate
1
2013
2
0.430
Why?
Neurosciences
1
2014
50
0.420
Why?
Frontal Lobe
1
2014
130
0.420
Why?
Thyroxine
2
2013
376
0.410
Why?
Dermatitis
1
2013
35
0.410
Why?
Hippocampus
2
2014
435
0.410
Why?
Pituitary-Adrenal System
2
2011
64
0.400
Why?
Locomotion
4
2022
140
0.400
Why?
Hydrocortisone
6
2013
304
0.400
Why?
Nerve Net
1
2016
395
0.390
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation
3
2013
2002
0.390
Why?
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
1
2013
201
0.390
Why?
Fever
6
2015
130
0.390
Why?
Follicle Stimulating Hormone
3
2008
147
0.380
Why?
DNA Methylation
2
2013
676
0.380
Why?
Individuality
1
2012
111
0.380
Why?
Estradiol
1
2012
250
0.380
Why?
Disease Susceptibility
1
2012
207
0.370
Why?
Lymphocytes
3
2003
476
0.370
Why?
Vision, Monocular
1
2011
15
0.370
Why?
Vision, Binocular
1
2011
21
0.360
Why?
Ghrelin
1
2010
29
0.340
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT1
1
2009
1
0.340
Why?
Receptor, Melatonin, MT2
1
2009
2
0.340
Why?
Bacterial Infections
2
2010
184
0.330
Why?
Aging
2
2013
733
0.330
Why?
Hemocyanins
3
2004
8
0.330
Why?
Anxiety
2
2009
324
0.320
Why?
Mice
8
2023
12103
0.310
Why?
Epigenesis, Genetic
1
2013
538
0.310
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
1
2009
22
0.310
Why?
Mammary Neoplasms, Animal
1
2009
57
0.310
Why?
Orchiectomy
5
2014
62
0.300
Why?
Dinitrofluorobenzene
2
2009
3
0.300
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
1
2014
1310
0.290
Why?
Influenza, Human
1
2011
343
0.290
Why?
Body Temperature Regulation
2
2022
57
0.290
Why?
Cognition Disorders
1
2010
238
0.290
Why?
Nesting Behavior
4
2008
20
0.280
Why?
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
1
2007
131
0.280
Why?
Tumor Suppressor Proteins
1
2009
293
0.280
Why?
Behavioral Symptoms
1
2007
15
0.280
Why?
Virus Diseases
1
2008
97
0.270
Why?
Spleen
5
2013
433
0.270
Why?
Animals, Newborn
3
2013
523
0.260
Why?
Luteinizing Hormone
1
2006
167
0.250
Why?
Antioxidants
1
2007
224
0.250
Why?
Exploratory Behavior
4
2013
48
0.250
Why?
Neuroendocrinology
1
2005
4
0.250
Why?
Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
1
2006
105
0.250
Why?
T-Lymphocytes
3
2020
1276
0.240
Why?
Immune Tolerance
1
2008
355
0.240
Why?
Affect
1
2007
390
0.240
Why?
Food Deprivation
3
2019
24
0.230
Why?
Swimming
3
2013
63
0.230
Why?
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
3
2013
373
0.220
Why?
Androgens
1
2005
176
0.220
Why?
Memory
2
2010
222
0.220
Why?
Sick Role
3
2008
13
0.210
Why?
Enzyme Induction
2
2014
88
0.210
Why?
Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase
2
2014
60
0.210
Why?
Pest Control
1
2023
6
0.210
Why?
Wavelet Analysis
1
2022
2
0.210
Why?
Hormones
2
2014
140
0.200
Why?
Sex Factors
2
2023
1094
0.200
Why?
Skin
3
2005
592
0.200
Why?
Prealbumin
1
2002
38
0.200
Why?
Thyroxine-Binding Proteins
1
2002
86
0.200
Why?
Leukocyte Count
3
2009
225
0.200
Why?
Hibernation
1
2002
5
0.200
Why?
Immunity, Cellular
1
2003
181
0.190
Why?
Breeding
2
2018
41
0.190
Why?
Biology
1
2022
52
0.190
Why?
Signal Transduction
4
2016
3508
0.190
Why?
Peromyscus
1
2001
13
0.190
Why?
Anorexia
3
2019
28
0.190
Why?
Neurosecretory Systems
1
2001
37
0.190
Why?
Rodentia
1
2001
42
0.180
Why?
Arousal
1
2002
171
0.180
Why?
Nerve Tissue Proteins
2
2003
507
0.170
Why?
Age Factors
4
2013
1904
0.170
Why?
Cell Division
4
2003
700
0.170
Why?
Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems
1
2020
23
0.170
Why?
Mammals
1
2022
244
0.170
Why?
Pregnancy
4
2014
3105
0.170
Why?
Hypothyroidism
1
2002
264
0.170
Why?
Castration
2
2014
37
0.170
Why?
Pro-Opiomelanocortin
1
2019
13
0.160
Why?
Ovary
2
2012
263
0.160
Why?
Hair
2
2013
56
0.160
Why?
Immunohistochemistry
3
2013
1804
0.160
Why?
Chimera
1
1998
54
0.150
Why?
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
1
2019
54
0.150
Why?
Cachexia
2
2009
13
0.150
Why?
Regression Analysis
3
2012
595
0.150
Why?
Humans
9
2024
92175
0.140
Why?
Weight Gain
2
2019
124
0.140
Why?
Gene Expression
2
2013
1312
0.140
Why?
Energy Metabolism
1
2019
302
0.140
Why?
Down-Regulation
2
2019
522
0.130
Why?
Dopaminergic Neurons
1
2016
26
0.130
Why?
Cues
2
2009
177
0.130
Why?
Radioimmunoassay
3
2008
151
0.130
Why?
Stress, Psychological
2
2013
329
0.130
Why?
Chi-Square Distribution
1
2016
358
0.130
Why?
Sleep
1
2020
461
0.120
Why?
Disease Models, Animal
3
2019
2443
0.120
Why?
Lactation
2
2012
55
0.120
Why?
Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus
1
2014
2
0.120
Why?
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
2
2010
890
0.120
Why?
Aggression
1
2018
323
0.110
Why?
Diet, High-Fat
1
2015
128
0.110
Why?
Dark Adaptation
1
2013
12
0.110
Why?
Dysbiosis
1
2015
89
0.110
Why?
CD11b Antigen
1
2014
37
0.110
Why?
RNA, Neoplasm
1
2014
88
0.110
Why?
Biological Clocks
2
2006
75
0.110
Why?
DNA Restriction Enzymes
1
2013
97
0.110
Why?
Lipid Metabolism
1
2015
212
0.110
Why?
Sequence Analysis, DNA
2
2015
874
0.110
Why?
Immunization
2
2004
163
0.110
Why?
Social Isolation
1
2013
67
0.110
Why?
Lighting
1
2013
33
0.100
Why?
Gastrointestinal Tract
1
2015
192
0.100
Why?
Genitalia
1
2013
21
0.100
Why?
Lymphoid Tissue
1
2013
57
0.100
Why?
Weaning
1
2013
25
0.100
Why?
Seminal Vesicles
1
2013
39
0.100
Why?
Methylnitrosourea
1
2012
7
0.100
Why?
Homing Behavior
1
2012
6
0.100
Why?
Color
1
2013
85
0.100
Why?
Tumor Burden
1
2014
314
0.100
Why?
Estrous Cycle
1
2012
8
0.100
Why?
Extremities
1
2013
177
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
288
0.090
Why?
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
1
2013
221
0.090
Why?
Vagina
1
2013
176
0.090
Why?
Cholera Toxin
1
2011
21
0.090
Why?
Flow Cytometry
1
2013
704
0.090
Why?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
1
2013
923
0.090
Why?
Orexins
1
2010
8
0.090
Why?
Neuropeptide Y
1
2010
32
0.090
Why?
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
2
2022
130
0.080
Why?
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
1
2010
68
0.080
Why?
Maze Learning
1
2010
29
0.080
Why?
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
1
2010
29
0.080
Why?
5-Methoxytryptamine
1
2009
1
0.080
Why?
Indenes
1
2009
9
0.080
Why?
History, 20th Century
1
2011
317
0.080
Why?
Visual Acuity
1
2011
221
0.080
Why?
Telemetry
1
2010
36
0.080
Why?
Cerebrum
1
2009
15
0.080
Why?
Fear
1
2010
82
0.080
Why?
Dendritic Cells
1
2013
454
0.080
Why?
Gene Expression Profiling
3
2019
1476
0.080
Why?
Retina
1
2011
225
0.080
Why?
Brain
2
2013
2337
0.080
Why?
Anhedonia
1
2009
12
0.080
Why?
Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
187
0.080
Why?
RNA
1
2013
589
0.080
Why?
Species Specificity
2
2019
692
0.080
Why?
Models, Statistical
1
2012
578
0.080
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
1
2008
42
0.070
Why?
Saccharin
1
2008
9
0.070
Why?
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
1
2010
388
0.070
Why?
Gram-Negative Bacteria
1
2008
36
0.070
Why?
Gram-Positive Bacteria
1
2008
19
0.070
Why?
Escape Reaction
1
2007
12
0.070
Why?
Gastrointestinal Microbiome
1
2015
556
0.070
Why?
Drinking
1
2007
34
0.070
Why?
Solutions
1
2007
86
0.070
Why?
Osmolar Concentration
1
2007
181
0.070
Why?
Sunlight
1
2007
28
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
2497
0.070
Why?
Biomimetics
1
2007
33
0.070
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
1
2007
188
0.070
Why?
Learning
1
2010
293
0.070
Why?
Diet
1
2009
448
0.070
Why?
Biomarkers
1
2012
1846
0.060
Why?
Dinoprostone
2
2003
72
0.060
Why?
Antigens, CD
1
2007
473
0.060
Why?
Adolescent
1
2018
9493
0.060
Why?
Climate
1
2005
60
0.060
Why?
Reflex, Startle
1
2005
32
0.060
Why?
Models, Biological
1
2012
1784
0.060
Why?
Behavior
1
2005
83
0.060
Why?
Social Facilitation
1
2004
8
0.060
Why?
Weight Loss
1
2006
239
0.060
Why?
Dinitrobenzenes
1
2004
5
0.060
Why?
Smell
1
2005
115
0.060
Why?
Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases
1
2003
36
0.050
Why?
Immunoglobulins
1
2004
139
0.050
Why?
Immunoglobulin M
1
2003
161
0.050
Why?
Lethal Dose 50
1
2003
8
0.050
Why?
Thiourea
1
2002
10
0.050
Why?
Antibody Formation
1
2003
170
0.050
Why?
Isoenzymes
1
2003
277
0.050
Why?
Insecta
1
2023
53
0.050
Why?
Injections, Intraventricular
1
2002
19
0.050
Why?
Albumins
1
2002
134
0.050
Why?
Environment
1
2004
229
0.050
Why?
Sciuridae
1
2002
18
0.050
Why?
Shock, Septic
1
2003
108
0.050
Why?
Muscle, Skeletal
1
2005
472
0.050
Why?
Immunoglobulin G
1
2003
457
0.050
Why?
Immunophenotyping
1
2002
221
0.050
Why?
Photic Stimulation
2
2006
505
0.050
Why?
Thyroid Gland
1
2002
280
0.040
Why?
Lymphocyte Activation
1
2004
786
0.040
Why?
Stress, Physiological
1
2003
245
0.040
Why?
Attention
1
2005
402
0.040
Why?
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
1
2002
697
0.040
Why?
Infusions, Intravenous
1
2000
417
0.040
Why?
Education
1
2020
58
0.040
Why?
In Vitro Techniques
1
2001
997
0.040
Why?
Macrophages
1
2003
597
0.040
Why?
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
1
2003
1937
0.040
Why?
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
1
2003
708
0.040
Why?
Survival Analysis
1
2003
1509
0.040
Why?
Molecular Sequence Annotation
1
2019
72
0.040
Why?
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
1
2019
88
0.040
Why?
Acclimatization
1
2019
77
0.040
Why?
Cold Temperature
1
2019
161
0.040
Why?
Propranolol
1
1998
44
0.040
Why?
Whole Genome Sequencing
1
2019
103
0.040
Why?
Receptors, Thyroid Hormone
1
2019
160
0.040
Why?
Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
1
1998
108
0.040
Why?
United States
2
2022
7338
0.040
Why?
Cells, Cultured
1
2001
2899
0.030
Why?
Promoter Regions, Genetic
1
2019
968
0.030
Why?
Reproducibility of Results
1
2022
2790
0.030
Why?
Computational Biology
1
2019
562
0.030
Why?
Postpartum Period
1
1996
159
0.030
Why?
Mice, Inbred BALB C
1
2017
1108
0.030
Why?
Cell Differentiation
1
2020
1590
0.030
Why?
Evolution, Molecular
1
2019
863
0.030
Why?
Molecular Sequence Data
1
2015
3017
0.020
Why?
Liver
1
2015
1226
0.020
Why?
Glucocorticoids
1
2011
366
0.020
Why?
Macaca mulatta
1
2011
468
0.020
Why?
Obesity
1
2015
1015
0.020
Why?
Longitudinal Studies
1
2011
1119
0.020
Why?
Psychological Tests
1
2006
91
0.020
Why?
Immobilization
1
2004
21
0.010
Why?
Preoptic Area
1
2003
6
0.010
Why?
Oxytocin
1
2004
73
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?
Adjuvants, Immunologic
1
2003
169
0.010
Why?
Wounds, Penetrating
1
2003
57
0.010
Why?
Endothelium, Vascular
1
2003
437
0.010
Why?
Mice, Inbred C57BL
1
2006
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