"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 | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| 1997 | 15 | 9 | 24 |
| 1998 | 19 | 14 | 33 |
| 1999 | 12 | 9 | 21 |
| 2000 | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| 2001 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
| 2002 | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| 2003 | 21 | 22 | 43 |
| 2004 | 33 | 22 | 55 |
| 2005 | 26 | 27 | 53 |
| 2006 | 39 | 18 | 57 |
| 2007 | 32 | 22 | 54 |
| 2008 | 33 | 18 | 51 |
| 2009 | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| 2010 | 51 | 32 | 83 |
| 2011 | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| 2012 | 38 | 20 | 58 |
| 2013 | 46 | 22 | 68 |
| 2014 | 45 | 26 | 71 |
| 2015 | 43 | 23 | 66 |
| 2016 | 57 | 20 | 77 |
| 2017 | 52 | 32 | 84 |
| 2018 | 62 | 28 | 90 |
| 2019 | 44 | 29 | 73 |
| 2020 | 45 | 42 | 87 |
| 2021 | 38 | 42 | 80 |
| 2022 | 14 | 51 | 65 |
| 2023 | 15 | 61 | 76 |
| 2024 | 26 | 48 | 74 |
| 2025 | 45 | 24 | 69 |
| 2026 | 27 | 6 | 33 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain" by people in Profiles.
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The YTHDF proteins modulate Alzheimer's disease-associated brain gene signatures. Mol Neurodegener. 2026 Sep 05; 21(1).
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Common Brain Network Dynamics Capture Attention Fluctuations in Tasks and Movies. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 09 01; 38(9):1708-1720.
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Genetic architectures of brain-related traits are shaped by strong selective constraints. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Sep 08; 123(36):e2609814123.
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A public generalizable AI tool for automated segmentation of coronal brain tissue slabs for 3D neuropathology. PLoS One. 2026; 21(8):e0355740.
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Brain-derived extracellular vesicle (BDEV) abundance and BDEV protein associations with clinical phenotypes and treatment response in untreated first-episode psychosis. Brain Behav Immun. 2026 Nov; 138:106912.
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Sustained Attention Is More Closely Related to Long-term Memory than to Attentional Control. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 07 01; 38(7):1355-1371.
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Content-Independent Pointers Mediate Working Memory Storage for Both Visual and Verbal Stimuli. J Cogn Neurosci. 2026 07 01; 38(7):1419-1436.
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Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects. J Neurophysiol. 2026 Aug 01; 136(2):601-624.
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Neural tissues and chondrostean traits in a Carboniferous actinopterygian. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jul 07; 123(27):e2610438123.
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Predictability of sleep slow oscillation emergence and spatial extent from pre-onset neural dynamics. Sci Rep. 2026 06 19; 16(1).