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 1244 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	13	4	17
2002	26	11	37
2003	21	14	35
2004	26	15	41
2005	18	15	33
2006	28	17	45
2007	14	16	30
2008	27	18	45
2009	32	22	54
2010	28	21	49
2011	30	20	50
2012	35	22	57
2013	33	14	47
2014	37	20	57
2015	33	27	60
2016	32	9	41
2017	30	22	52
2018	33	21	54
2019	37	26	63
2020	26	25	51
2021	23	44	67
2022	4	40	44
2023	8	34	42
2024	22	35	57
2025	28	14	42
2026	1	2	3

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Lewis CJ, D'Souza P, Johnston JM, Acosta MT, Farmer C, Baker EH, Crowell A, Mojica Y, Ashraf S, Joseph L, V?zina G, Quezado Z, Yousef MH, Vardar Z, Shazeeb MS, Corti M, Blackwood M, Coleman K, Batista R, Thurm A, De Boever E, Gahl WA, Byrne BJ, Flotte TR, Jiang X, Gross AL, Keeler AM, Gray-Edwards H, Martin DR, Sena-Esteves M, Tifft CJ. AAV9 Gene Therapy in Type II GM1 Gangliosidosis - A Phase 1-2 Trial. N Engl J Med. 2026 Mar 26; 394(12):1184-1194.

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Besser LM, Forrester S, Mitsova D, Maillard P, DeCarli C, Whitmer R, Meyer OL. Residential segregation of Black and Latinx older adults and brain imaging outcomes. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Mar; 393:118995.

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Sposato A, Mazzola MA, Kunst MM. Case 346. Radiology. 2026 01; 318(1):e251975.

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Calhoun CCS, Capps MES, Muya K, Gannaway WC, Martina V, Conklin CL, Klein MC, Webster JM, Torija-Olson EG, Thyme SB. Removal of developmentally regulated microexons has a minimal impact on larval zebrafish brain morphology and function. Elife. 2025 Nov 18; 13.

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Gordon S, Lee JS, Scott TM, Bhupathiraju S, Ordovas J, Kelly RS, Bhadelia R, Koo BB, Bigornia S, Tucker KL, Palacios N. Metabolites and MRI-derived markers of dementia risk in a Puerto Rican cohort. Metabolomics. 2025 Nov 13; 21(6):161.

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Moyer AJ, Chrabasz JA, Barcus AK, Cheng J, Capps MES, Lalonde RL, Mosimann C, Thyme SB. Genetic context of transgene insertion can influence neurodevelopment in zebrafish. Genetics. 2025 Nov 12; 231(3).

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Chen F, Guan Y, Koo BB, Scott TM, Li W, Mangano KM, Garelnabi M, Bhadelia R, Tucker KL. Associations of serum magnesium and magnesium intake with brain morphology and cognitive function in Puerto Rican adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 11 06; 80(12).

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Bellio TA, Krunic A, Campion MS, Dupaguntla R, Labadorf A, Stein TD, Lin H, Mellott TJ, Blusztajn JK. Perinatal Choline Supplementation Promotes Resilience Against Progression of Alzheimer's Disease-Like Brain Transcriptomic Signatures in AppNL-G-F Mice. Aging Cell. 2025 Nov; 24(11):e70148.

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Krunic A, Bellio TA, Cohen BZ, Labadorf A, Stein TD, Lin H, Mellott TJ, Blusztajn JK. Brain DNA Methylation Atlas of AppNL-G-F Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice Across Age and Region Reveals Choline-Induced Resilience. Aging Cell. 2025 Nov; 24(11):e70241.

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Grassi F, Verdicchio M, Cavaliere C, Alfano V, Cerrone M, Di Cecca A, Salvatore E, Nicolai E, Salvatore M, Pappat? S, Aiello M. Evaluation of MR-driven versus MR-free PET/CT spatial normalization approaches for quantification of regional uptake in Dementia. Phys Med. 2025 Oct; 138:105182.

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