"Head" 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 upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D006257
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head" by people in Profiles.
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Boundary maintenance in the ancestral metazoan Hydra depends on histone acetylation. Dev Biol. 2020 02 15; 458(2):200-214.
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De Novo Mutations in SON Disrupt RNA Splicing of Genes Essential for Brain Development and Metabolism, Causing an Intellectual-Disability Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2016 09 01; 99(3):711-719.
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Control of facial muscle development by MyoR and capsulin. Science. 2002 Dec 20; 298(5602):2378-81.
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Ks1, an epithelial cell-specific gene, responds to early signals of head formation in Hydra. Development. 1994 Sep; 120(9):2511-7.
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