"Circadian Rhythm" 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.
The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli.
| Descriptor ID |
D002940
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.180.562.190
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| Concept/Terms |
Circadian Rhythm- Circadian Rhythm
- Circadian Rhythms
- Rhythm, Circadian
- Rhythms, Circadian
- Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm
- Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour
- Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour
- Twenty Four Hour Rhythm
- Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
- Nyctohemeral Rhythm
- Nyctohemeral Rhythms
- Rhythm, Nyctohemeral
- Rhythms, Nyctohemeral
- Nycthemeral Rhythm
- Nycthemeral Rhythms
- Rhythm, Nycthemeral
- Rhythms, Nycthemeral
Diurnal Rhythm- Diurnal Rhythm
- Diurnal Rhythms
- Rhythm, Diurnal
- Rhythms, Diurnal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Circadian Rhythm" by people in this website by year, and whether "Circadian Rhythm" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1997 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2005 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2009 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2010 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2011 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2012 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2013 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 2014 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2021 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Circadian Rhythm" by people in Profiles.
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Ehrlich AM, MacGregor KA, Ashcroft SP, Small L, Altintas A, Chibalin AV, Anagho-Mattanovich M, Stocks B, Moritz T, Treebak JT, Zierath JR. HIF1a mediates circadian regulation of skeletal muscle metabolism and substrate preference in response to time-of-day exercise. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025 Jul 15; 122(28):e2504080122.
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Louis V, Emery P. Biological rhythms: In the sea, two clocks are better than one. Curr Biol. 2025 Jun 23; 35(12):R620-R623.
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Freeman JR, Whitcomb BW, Bertone-Johnson ER, O'Brien LM, Dunietz GL, Purdue-Smithe AC, Kim K, Silver RM, Schisterman EF, Mumford SL. Sleep characteristics in association with risk of sporadic anovulation among eumenorrheic women. Chronobiol Int. 2025 Apr; 42(4):500-510.
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Williams BR, Gamble MC, Singh N, Bryant CD, Logan BA, Logan RW. Sleep and circadian rhythm activity alterations during adolescence in a mouse model of neonatal fentanyl withdrawal syndrome. Neuroscience. 2025 Mar 17; 569:85-91.
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Hirako IC, Ramalho T, Gazzinelli RT. Immune regulation of host energy metabolism and periodicity of malaria parasites. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2025 Jan 23; 380(1918):20230511.
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Kwiatkowski ER, Rosenthal JJC, Emery P. Crosstalk between the circatidal and circadian clocks mediates behavioral adaptation to tidal patterns. Curr Biol. 2024 Nov 18; 34(22):5239-5251.e2.
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McManus D, Patton AP, Smyllie NJ, Chin JW, Hastings MH. PERfect Day: reversible and dose-dependent control of circadian time-keeping in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus by translational switching of PERIOD2 protein expression. Eur J Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 60(7):5537-5552.
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Chaturvedi R, Emery P. Fly into tranquility: GABA's role in Drosophila sleep. Curr Opin Insect Sci. 2024 Aug; 64:101219.
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Gamble MC, Miracle S, Williams BR, Logan RW. Endocannabinoid agonist 2-arachidonoylglycerol differentially alters diurnal activity and sleep during fentanyl withdrawal in male and female mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2024 07; 240:173791.
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Kwiatkowski ER, Emery P. Cnidarians are CLOCKing in. Elife. 2024 May 08; 13.