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 1259 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 67 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	12	7	19
1997	9	4	13
1998	9	6	15
1999	8	3	11
2000	10	3	13
2001	12	4	16
2002	25	11	36
2003	21	14	35
2004	25	16	41
2005	18	15	33
2006	28	17	45
2007	14	17	31
2008	27	18	45
2009	32	21	53
2010	28	21	49
2011	32	20	52
2012	35	22	57
2013	32	14	46
2014	37	20	57
2015	31	26	57
2016	31	9	40
2017	31	22	53
2018	35	23	58
2019	35	26	61
2020	25	25	50
2021	23	44	67
2022	4	40	44
2023	8	34	42
2024	23	35	58
2025	30	15	45
2026	8	9	17

Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain" by people in Profiles.

Saef B, Petersen KK, Volluz K, Li Y, Tosun D, Mila-Aloma M, Shaw LM, Zetterberg H, Dage JL, Rubel CE, Ferber K, Du-Cuny L, Coomaraswamy J, Baratta M, Mordashova Y, Saad ZS, Triana-Baltzer G, Ashton NJ, Meyers EA, Rosenbaugh EG, Sabandal JM, Bannon AW, Potter WZ, Schindler SE. Exploring longitudinal relationships among Alzheimer's disease biomarkers. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Aug; 22(8):e71711.

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Ponomareva NV, Kuznetsova IL, Petrova V, Andreeva TV, Protasova MS, Konovalov RN, Krotenkova M, Malina DD, Kolesnikova E, Kanavets E, Kuprianova D, Mitrofanov A, Vavilova JD, Boyko AA, Kovalenko EI, Sapozhnikov AM, Fokin VF, Illarioshkin SN, Rogaev EI. Association of the methylation of age-related epigenetic marker ELOVL2 with neurophysiological alterations and immunosenescence during aging and its modulation by the APOE genotype. Front Immunol. 2026; 17:1803497.

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Laird AR, Bartley JE, Peraza JA, Poline JB, Ghosh SS, Kennedy DN. ABCD-ReproNim: An educational program for responsible and reproducible analyses of ABCD data. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2026 Aug; 80:101755.

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Corazzolla G, Treaba CA, Mohammadian M, Brusaferri L, Barletta VT, Z?rcher NR, Hooker JM, Sloane JA, Klawiter EC, Bomprezzi R, Rocca MA, Filippi M, Loggia ML, Mainero C. Evidence of skull bone translocator protein overexpression linked to multiple sclerosis progression. Brain. 2026 Jun 03; 149(6):2032-2045.

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Ma Y, Eskandarian L, Chan KS, Lee H, Ramos-Llord?n G, Bhatt A, Gerold J, Mahmutovic M, Keil B, Lee HH, Huang SY. Axon Diameter Mapping in the Living Human Brain with Ultra-High-Gradient Diffusion MRI at 500 mT/m Gradient Strength. Hum Brain Mapp. 2026 Jun 01; 47(8):e70553.

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Veitch DP, Miller MJ, Kanoria S, Aisen PS, Beckett LA, Green RC, Harvey DJ, Jack CR, Jagust W, Lee EB, Nho K, Nosheny R, Okonkwo OC, Perrin RJ, Petersen RC, Mindt MR, Saykin AJ, Shaw LM, Toga AW, Tosun D, Landau SM, Weiner MW. Contributions of the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative to advancing AD research: a targeted review of recent publications. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jun; 22(6):e71566.

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Wang J, Turgeon CT, Loken PR, Gray-Edwards H, Gao G, Tortorelli S, Wang D, Strauss KA. Systemic dual-gene therapy reverses biochemical intoxication in the central metabolic compartment of Bckdha-/- mice. Mol Ther. 2026 Aug 05; 34(8):4569-4580.

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Sposato A, Mazzola MA, Kunst MM. Case 346: ?-Aminobutyric Acid A Receptor Encephalitis. Radiology. 2026 May; 319(2):e251976.

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Hollen C, Garcia C, Hemond CC, Spain RI, Crowson C, Wu H, Silbermann E. Filtered-phase imaging versus susceptibility-weighted imaging for paramagnetic rim lesion detection in multiple sclerosis: A head-to-head comparison. Mult Scler. 2026 May; 32(6):634-641.

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Gentile JE, Corridon TL, Serack FE, Echeverria D, Kennedy ZC, Gallant-Behm CL, Hassler MR, Kinberger GA, Kelemen MN, Kamath NG, Lian Y, Gross KY, Miller R, DeSouza-Lenz K, Howard M, Guzman K, Chan N, Laversenne V, Curtis D, Fettes K, Lemaitre M, Jackson AL, Yamada K, Alterman JF, Coffey AA, Minikel EV, Khvorova A, Vallabh SM. Divalent siRNA for prion disease. Nucleic Acids Res. 2026 Apr 23; 54(8).

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