"Macaca mulatta" 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.
A species of the genus MACACA inhabiting India, China, and other parts of Asia. The species is used extensively in biomedical research and adapts very well to living with humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D008253
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.199.120.510.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Macaca mulatta- Macaca mulatta
- Macaca mulattas
- mulatta, Macaca
- Rhesus Monkey
- Rhesus Macaque
- Macaque, Rhesus
- Macaques, Rhesus
- Rhesus Macaques
- Monkey, Rhesus
- Monkeys, Rhesus
- Rhesus Monkeys
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Macaca mulatta" by people in this website by year, and whether "Macaca mulatta" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1999 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2000 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2003 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2005 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| 2007 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 2008 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| 2010 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| 2012 | 2 | 13 | 15 |
| 2013 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| 2014 | 4 | 15 | 19 |
| 2015 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2016 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 2017 | 4 | 17 | 21 |
| 2018 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 2019 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2020 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2021 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2022 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Macaca mulatta" by people in Profiles.
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Stable readout of visual representations mediates flexible generalization. Nat Commun. 2026 Jun 24; 17(1).
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Attention-related modulation in the superior colliculus encodes perceptual sensitivity, but not perceptual choice. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 28; 17(1).
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Concurrent TB and HIV therapies control TB reactivation during co-infection but not chronic immune activation. Nat Commun. 2025 Dec 12; 17(1):499.
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Neuronal normalization in monkey MT is an intensity-weighted average. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Nov 11; 122(45):e2522104122.
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Comparison of ankle dorsiflexion using XROMM and external angular kinematics in a quadrupedally walking macaque. J Exp Biol. 2025 Sep 01; 228(17).
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Development and preclinical evaluation of next-generation ?sigH-based live candidate vaccines. JCI Insight. 2025 10 08; 10(19).
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Single-cell transcriptome analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage during early SARS-CoV-2 infection. Microbiol Spectr. 2025 Sep 02; 13(9):e0271524.
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Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Apr 15; 122(15):e2422331122.
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Prevention of tuberculosis in cynomolgus macaques by an attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis vaccine candidate. Nat Commun. 2025 Feb 25; 16(1):1957.
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Orthogonal neural representations support perceptual judgments of natural stimuli. Sci Rep. 2025 02 13; 15(1):5316.