"Brain" 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.
The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.
| Descriptor ID |
D001921
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain- Brain
- Brains
- Encephalon
- Encephalons
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Brain" by people in this website by year, and whether "Brain" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 22 | 11 | 33 |
| 1997 | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| 1998 | 22 | 14 | 36 |
| 1999 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| 2000 | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 2001 | 28 | 12 | 40 |
| 2002 | 19 | 15 | 34 |
| 2003 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| 2004 | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| 2005 | 27 | 27 | 54 |
| 2006 | 42 | 16 | 58 |
| 2007 | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| 2008 | 32 | 17 | 49 |
| 2009 | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| 2010 | 52 | 32 | 84 |
| 2011 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 2012 | 36 | 19 | 55 |
| 2013 | 47 | 22 | 69 |
| 2014 | 45 | 25 | 70 |
| 2015 | 42 | 23 | 65 |
| 2016 | 53 | 19 | 72 |
| 2017 | 53 | 30 | 83 |
| 2018 | 60 | 28 | 88 |
| 2019 | 43 | 29 | 72 |
| 2020 | 42 | 43 | 85 |
| 2021 | 36 | 41 | 77 |
| 2022 | 13 | 48 | 61 |
| 2023 | 14 | 57 | 71 |
| 2024 | 22 | 43 | 65 |
| 2025 | 29 | 14 | 43 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain" by people in Profiles.
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Alternative splicing-triggered mRNA decay informs splice-switching targets for neurodevelopmental disorders. J Clin Invest. 2026 Apr 15; 136(8).
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Brain Age Disparities in Psychosis Across DSM Diagnoses and B-SNIP Biotypes. Schizophr Bull. 2026 Jan 16; 52(1).
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Diffusion Model-Based Motion Correction in Portable Computed Tomography for Brain: A Human Observer Study. Acad Radiol. 2026 May; 33(5):2162-2172.
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Molecular Mechanisms of Menstrual Cycle-Related Suicide Risk: A Selective Review of Promising Candidate Systems. Biol Psychiatry. 2026 May 01; 99(9):728-739.
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What makes the human brain special: from cellular function to clinical translation. J Neurophysiol. 2025 Oct 01; 134(4):1197-1213.
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Neural evidence for modality-independent storage in working memory. Curr Biol. 2025 Oct 06; 35(19):4620-4630.e4.
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Feature-driven whole-tissue imaging with subcellular resolution. Cell Rep Methods. 2025 Sep 15; 5(9):101148.
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Early-life gut microbiome maturity regulates blood-brain barrier and cognitive development. Gut Microbes. 2025 Dec; 17(1):2551879.
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Brain Atrophy Does Not Predict Clinical Progression in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Mov Disord. 2025 Nov; 40(11):2517-2530.
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Connectome-based encoding of subjective drug responses to acute oral methamphetamine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2025 Nov; 50(12):1787-1794.