"Mesencephalon" 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 middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. Without further subdivision, midbrain develops into a short, constricted portion connecting the PONS and the DIENCEPHALON. Midbrain contains two major parts, the dorsal TECTUM MESENCEPHALI and the ventral TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI, housing components of auditory, visual, and other sensorimoter systems.
| Descriptor ID |
D008636
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.659
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mesencephalon" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mesencephalon" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesencephalon" by people in Profiles.
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Reduced DJ-1-F1Fo ATP synthase association correlates with midbrain dopaminergic neuron vulnerability in idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Sci Adv. 2025 Jun 06; 11(23):eads3051.
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Midbrain signaling of identity prediction errors depends on orbitofrontal cortex networks. Nat Commun. 2024 Feb 24; 15(1):1704.
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Brain-wide correspondence of neuronal epigenomics and distant projections. Nature. 2023 12; 624(7991):355-365.
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Single nucleus transcriptomics of ventral midbrain identifies glial activation associated with chronic opioid use disorder. Nat Commun. 2023 09 12; 14(1):5610.
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Chronic food restriction enhances dopamine-mediated intracranial self-stimulation. Neuroreport. 2021 09 08; 32(13):1128-1133.
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Dissection of the Fgf8 regulatory landscape by in vivo CRISPR-editing reveals extensive intra- and inter-enhancer redundancy. Nat Commun. 2021 01 19; 12(1):439.
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Dysregulation of Decision Making Related to Metabotropic Glutamate 5, but Not Midbrain D3, Receptor Availability Following Cocaine Self-administration in Rats. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 11 15; 88(10):777-787.
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Midbrain D3 Receptor Availability Predicts Escalation in Cocaine Self-administration. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 11 15; 88(10):767-776.
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Synchronicity: The Role of Midbrain Dopamine in Whole-Brain Coordination. eNeuro. 2019 Mar/Apr; 6(2).
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Differentially expressed gene networks, biomarkers, long noncoding RNAs, and shared responses with cocaine identified in the midbrains of human opioid abusers. Sci Rep. 2019 02 07; 9(1):1534.