"Pleasure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sensation of enjoyment or gratification.
| Descriptor ID |
D057181
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.867 F02.830.816.492
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleasure" by people in Profiles.
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Deficits in consummatory reward relate to severity of cocaine use. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2023 Aug 01; 249:109950.
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Using pharmacological manipulations to study the role of dopamine in human reward functioning: A review of studies in healthy adults. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021 01; 120:123-158.
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Anticipation of monetary reward in amygdala, insula, caudate are predictors of pleasure sensitivity to d-Amphetamine administration. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 01 01; 206:107725.
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Electrophysiological correlates of emotional scene processing in bipolar disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2020 01; 120:83-90.
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Effects of MDMA on attention to positive social cues and pleasantness of affective touch. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2019 09; 44(10):1698-1705.
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Anhedonia in cocaine use disorder is associated with inflammatory gene expression. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0207231.
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Effects of an acute bout of physical exercise on reward functioning in healthy adults. Physiol Behav. 2018 10 01; 194:552-559.
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Test-retest reliability of the underlying latent factor structure of alcohol subjective response. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Apr; 234(8):1209-1216.
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CYP2A6 Effects on Subjective Reactions to Initial Smoking Attempt. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016 May; 18(5):637-41.
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Initial Validation of the Pleasure and Health Behavior Inventory - A Measure of Motivation to Engage in Health-damaging Behavior to Overcome Deficient Pleasure. Am J Health Behav. 2015 Sep; 39(5):652-64.