Brain

"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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211
Concept/Terms	Brain Brain Brains Encephalon Encephalons

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]

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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.

Bar chart showing 880 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 44 publications in 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	11	7	18
1997	10	10	20
1998	20	10	30
1999	23	9	32
2000	12	9	21
2001	23	13	36
2002	11	14	25
2003	11	11	22
2004	8	13	21
2005	15	14	29
2006	21	8	29
2007	21	17	38
2008	25	12	37
2009	29	15	44
2010	27	11	38
2011	20	18	38
2012	16	12	28
2013	27	15	42
2014	24	11	35
2015	20	9	29
2016	18	16	34
2017	24	17	41
2018	22	9	31
2019	15	12	27
2020	10	17	27
2021	10	17	27
2022	2	21	23
2023	9	26	35
2024	2	14	16
2025	6	1	7

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Farahbod H, Rogalsky C, Keator LM, Cai J, Pillay SB, LaCroix AN, Fridriksson J, Binder JR, Venezia JH, Saberi K, Hickok G. Audiovisual Synchrony in Left-hemisphere Brain-lesioned Individuals with Aphasia. J Cogn Neurosci. 2025 11 01; 37(11):2190-2202.

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Khalife MR, Villarin C, Ruiz JM, McClelland SA, Rabbo KA, Matthew Mahoney J, Scott RC, Hernan AE. Melanocortin 4 Receptor-Dependent Mechanism of ACTH in Preventing Anxiety-Like Behaviors and Normalizing Astrocyte Proteins after Early Life Seizures. eNeuro. 2025 Mar; 12(3).

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Zhu H, Fitzhugh MC, Keator LM, Johnson L, Rorden C, Bonilha L, Fridriksson J, Rogalsky C. How Can Graph Theory Inform the Dual-stream Model of Speech Processing? A Resting-state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Stroke and Aphasia Symptomology. J Cogn Neurosci. 2025 03 01; 37(3):737-766.

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Wu C, Alizadeh M, Kramer MK, Kroen MB, Ziechmann R, Mohamed FB, Wu Q, Johnson CL. Deep Brain Stimulation Electrode Deviations are Associated With Brain Stiffness Interfaces Measured by Magnetic Resonance Elastography. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 Oct 01; 29(4):517-525.

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Musmar B, Adeeb N, Abdalrazeq H, Salim HA, Roy JM, Aslan A, Tjoumakaris SI, Ogilvy CS, Baskaya MK, Kondziolka D, Sheehan J, Riina H, Kandregula S, Dmytriw AA, Abushehab A, El Naamani K, Abdelsalam A, Ironside N, Kumbhare D, Gummadi S, Ataoglu C, Essibayi MA, Keles A, Muram S, Sconzo D, Rezai A, Alwakaa O, Tos SM, Mantziaris G, Park MS, Hanalioglu S, Erginoglu U, P?ppe J, Sen RD, Griessenauer CJ, Burkhardt JK, Starke RM, Sekhar LN, Levitt MR, Altschul DJ, Haranhalli N, McAvoy M, Zeineddine HA, Abla AA, Atallah E, Gooch MR, Rosenwasser RH, Stapleton C, Koch M, Srinivasan VM, Chen PR, Blackburn S, Bulsara K, Kim LJ, Choudhri O, Pukenas B, Smith E, Mosimann PJ, Alaraj A, Aziz-Sultan MA, Patel AB, Savardekar A, Notarianni C, Cuellar HH, Lawton M, Guthikonda B, Morcos J, Jabbour P. Comparative outcomes of arteriovenous malformations treatment in eloquent versus non-eloquent brain: A multicenter study with propensity-score weighting. Int J Stroke. 2025 08; 20(7):852-863.

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Skidmore CT. Neuroimaging in Epilepsy. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2025 02 01; 31(1):61-80.

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Quintanilla ME, Israel Y. Role of Metabolism on?Alcohol Preference, Addiction, and Treatment. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2025; 71:193-216.

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Diamandi J, Raimondo C, Alizadeh M, Flanders A, Tjoumakaris S, Gooch MR, Jabbour P, Rosenwasser R, Mouchtouris N. Use of mean apparent propagator (MAP) MRI in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A comparative study with DTI and NODDI. Magn Reson Imaging. 2025 04; 117:110290.

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Persichetti AS, Shao J, Gotts SJ, Martin A. A functional parcellation of the whole brain in high-functioning individuals with autism spectrum disorder reveals atypical patterns of network organization. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 04; 30(4):1518-1528.

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Brooks AW, Sandri BJ, Nixon JP, Nurkiewicz TR, Barach P, Trembley JH, Butterick TA. Neuroinflammation and Brain Health Risks in Veterans Exposed to Burn Pit Toxins. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Sep 10; 25(18).

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