Sleep

"Sleep" 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 readily reversible suspension of sensorimotor interaction with the environment, usually associated with recumbency and immobility.

Descriptor ID	D012890
MeSH Number(s)	F02.830.855 G11.561.803
Concept/Terms	Sleep Sleep Sleep, Slow-Wave Sleep, Slow-Wave Sleep, Slow Wave Slow-Wave Sleep

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Psychophysiology [F02.830]
Sleep [F02.830.855]
Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Sleep [G11.561.803]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sleep" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sleep" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 207 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 21 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	2	0	2
2004	3	1	4
2005	1	1	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	0	1	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	2	2	4
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	1	4
2012	4	1	5
2013	6	2	8
2014	3	5	8
2015	7	2	9
2016	10	3	13
2017	7	1	8
2018	6	2	8
2019	5	3	8
2020	3	10	13
2021	6	14	20
2022	4	17	21
2023	2	17	19
2024	8	7	15
2025	10	3	13
2026	12	2	14

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

Moon RY, Colson ER, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Parker MG, Kerr SM, Geller NL, Boguszewski KE, Bellamy SL, Kiviniemi MT, Corwin MJ. Safe Sleep Video Intervention via Text Messaging to Low-Income Families: The SMARTER Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2026 Sep 01; 336(9):774-782.

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Rusin K, Myers A, Rech ME, Spencer RMC, Alfano CA. Sleep and emotional memory of preschool children adopted from foster care: a comparison with a community sample. J Pediatr Psychol. 2026 Sep 01; 51(9):766-777.

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Zhang Y, Kurowski A, Nobrega S, Ghaziri ME, Gore R, Punnett L. Sleep Behaviors and Quality of Care Among Public-Sector Healthcare Workers: Cross-Sectional and Prospective Associations. Res Nurs Health. 2026 Oct; 49(5):735-743.

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Carlin RF, Parker MG, Kellams AL, Hauck FR, Kerr S, Cornwell BT, Kiviniemi MT, Geller N, Boguszewski KE, Corwin MJ, Colson ER, Moon RY. Delivering safe sleep and breastfeeding education to pregnant and new mothers through private Facebook groups: study protocol for a 4-armed randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatr. 2026 04 22; 26(1).

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Meng R, BaHammam AS, Dzierzewski JM, Yang N, Vézina-Im LA, Ying Lau EY, Sun IR, Gregory AM, Zeitzer JM, Quan SF, Dietch JR, Szklo-Coxe M, Dautovich ND, Stranges S, Tahmasian M, Jean-Louis G, Thompson MG, Jackson CL, Matricciani L, Tang NKY, Johnson DA, Hale L, Troxel WM, de Batlle J, Manconi M, Tondo P, Spiegelhalder K, Stefani A, Knutson KL, Wickwire EM, Feige B, Bliwise DL, Li J, Furihata R, Poyares D, Khazaie H, Taiar R, Boyer FC, Jahrami H, Coelho J, Fabbri M, Jiménez-Correa U, Zaki NFW, Huang M, Ma H, Dong L, St Louis EK, Stone KL, Spruyt K, Penzel T, Ferri R, Buysse DJ. Ru-SATED scale and Sleep Health Index: A systematic review of two leading multidimensional sleep health measures and frameworks across the globe. Sleep Med Rev. 2026 Aug; 88:102296.

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Horger MN, Lucchini M, Thakur S, Spencer RMC, Barnett N. Noninvasive Measurement of Infant Respiration During Sleep: A Validation Study. Sensors (Basel). 2026 Apr 07; 26(7).

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Miezah D, Srisoem C, Wright JA, Hayman LL, Shi L. Association Between Life's Essential 8 Lifestyle Behaviors and Hypertension: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of NHANES Data. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2026 Sep-Oct 01; 41(5):E475-E483.

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Delorme TC, Vilca SJ, Logan RW. Acute and persistent sex-dependent disruptions of sleep-wake architecture induced by fentanyl self-administration in mice. Neuropharmacology. 2026 Jul 01; 292:110943.

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Moon RY, Hwang SS, Hauck FR, Kellams AL, Shafer PR, Colvin BN, Karpman H, Carlin RF, Corwin MJ, Colson E, Parker MG. Get Social Media and Risk-Reduction Training (GET SMART) to improve infant safe sleep practices through a mobile text message-delivered video safe sleep intervention for new parents: study protocol for a type 3 hybrid implementation-effectiveness cluster randomized trial in 20 US birth hospitals. BMC Pediatr. 2026 03 11; 26(1).

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Shreyer S, Brown DE, Dorsey AF, Witkowski S, Sievert LL. Distinguishing hot flashes and night sweats: a mixed-method analysis. Menopause. 2026 Mar 01; 33(3):270-279.

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