"Turtles" 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.
Any reptile including tortoises, fresh water, and marine species of the order Testudines with a body encased in a bony or cartilaginous shell consisting of a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron) derived from the ribs.
| Descriptor ID |
D014426
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.833.848
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| Concept/Terms |
Sea Turtles- Sea Turtles
- Sea Turtle
- Turtle, Sea
- Turtles, Sea
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Turtles" by people in Profiles.
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Chien P, Goley ED. Editorial overview: Turtles all the way down: Bacterial cell regulation across scales. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2023 10; 75:102378.
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Landberg T, Mailhot JD, Brainerd EL. Lung ventilation during treadmill locomotion in a semi-aquatic turtle, Trachemys scripta. J Exp Zool A Ecol Genet Physiol. 2009 Oct 01; 311(8):551-62.
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Landberg T, Mailhot JD, Brainerd EL. Lung ventilation during treadmill locomotion in a terrestrial turtle, Terrapene carolina. J Exp Biol. 2003 Oct; 206(Pt 19):3391-404.
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Herbst LH, Sundberg JP, Shultz LD, Gray BA, Klein PA. Tumorigenicity of green turtle fibropapilloma-derived fibroblast lines in immunodeficient mice. Lab Anim Sci. 1998 Apr; 48(2):162-7.
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Gapp DA, Carraway RE. Neurotensin is localized to paracrine cells in the urinary bladder of the turtle, Chrysemys picta. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 1990 Aug; 79(2):185-92.
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Eldred WD, Isayama T, Reiner A, Carraway R. Ganglion cells in the turtle retina contain the neuropeptide LANT-6. J Neurosci. 1988 Jan; 8(1):119-32.
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Eldred WD, Li HB, Carraway RE, Dowling JE. Immunocytochemical localization of LANT-6-like immunoreactivity within neurons in the inner nuclear and ganglion cell layers in vertebrate retinas. Brain Res. 1987 Oct 27; 424(2):361-70.
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Eldred WD, Carraway RE. Neurocircuitry of two types of neurotensin-containing amacrine cells in the turtle retina. Neuroscience. 1987 May; 21(2):603-18.
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Reiner A, Carraway RE. Immunohistochemical and biochemical studies on Lys8-Asn9-neurotensin8-13 (LANT6)-related peptides in the basal ganglia of pigeons, turtles, and hamsters. J Comp Neurol. 1987 Mar 15; 257(3):453-76.
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Reiner A, Carraway RE. Phylogenetic conservatism in the presence of a neurotensin-related hexapeptide in neurons of globus pallidus. Brain Res. 1985 Aug 26; 341(2):365-71.