Wakefulness

"Wakefulness" 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.

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A state in which there is an enhanced potential for sensitivity and an efficient responsiveness to external stimuli.

Descriptor ID	D014851
MeSH Number(s)	F02.830.104.821 G11.561.035.738
Concept/Terms	Wakefulness Wakefulness Wakefulnesses

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Wakefulness".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Psychophysiology [F02.830]
Arousal [F02.830.104]
Wakefulness [F02.830.104.821]
Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Arousal [G11.561.035]
Wakefulness [G11.561.035.738]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1998	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2006	1	1	2
2007	0	1	1
2010	1	1	2
2011	1	0	1
2013	1	0	1
2014	0	1	1
2018	2	1	3
2019	0	1	1
2020	1	2	3
2021	0	1	1
2022	1	0	1

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Brown TM, Brainard GC, Cajochen C, Czeisler CA, Hanifin JP, Lockley SW, Lucas RJ, M?nch M, O'Hagan JB, Peirson SN, Price LLA, Roenneberg T, Schlangen LJM, Skene DJ, Spitschan M, Vetter C, Zee PC, Wright KP. Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults. PLoS Biol. 2022 03; 20(3):e3001571.

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Dowlati E, Chesney K, Carpenter AB, Rock M, Patel N, Mai JC, Liu AH, Armonda RA, Felbaum DR. Awake transradial middle meningeal artery embolization and twist drill craniostomy for chronic subdural hematomas in the elderly: case series and technical note. J Neurosurg Sci. 2023 Aug; 67(4):471-479.

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Ilyas AM, Jennings JD, Banner L, Matzon JL. Wide-Awake Surgery With Local Anesthesia and Epinephrine Is Safe. Orthopedics. 2020 Nov 01; 43(6):e529-e532.

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Costa J, Dirnberger DR, Froehlich CD, Beaty CD, Priest MA, Ogino MT. Awake Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. ASAIO J. 2020 05; 66(5):e70-e73.

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Bello NA, Jaeger BC, Booth JN, Abdalla M, Anstey DE, Pugliese DN, Lewis CE, Gidding SS, Lloyd-Jones D, Shah SJ, Schwartz JE, Shikany JM, Muntner P, Shimbo D. Associations of awake and asleep blood pressure and blood pressure dipping with abnormalities of cardiac structure: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study. J Hypertens. 2020 01; 38(1):102-110.

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Asadi-Pooya AA, Sperling MR. Normal Awake, Drowsy, and Sleep EEG Patterns That Might Be Overinterpreted as Abnormal. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 Jul; 36(4):250-256.

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O'Donnell JC, Browne KD, Kilbaugh TJ, Chen HI, Whyte J, Cullen DK. Challenges and demand for modeling disorders of consciousness following traumatic brain injury. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2019 03; 98:336-346.

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Hanifin JP, Lockley SW, Cecil K, West K, Jablonski M, Warfield B, James M, Ayers M, Byrne B, Gerner E, Pineda C, Rollag M, Brainard GC. Randomized trial of polychromatic blue-enriched light for circadian phase shifting, melatonin suppression, and alerting responses. Physiol Behav. 2019 01 01; 198:57-66.

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Kaufman MR, Alfonso KP, Burke K, Aouad RK. Awake vs Sedated Tracheostomies: A Review and Comparison at a Single Institution. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 11; 159(5):830-834.

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Mago R, Borra D, Mahajan R. Role of adverse effects in medication nonadherence in bipolar disorder. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2014 Nov-Dec; 22(6):363-6.

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