"Sex Characteristics" 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.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D012727
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2015 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2019 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Sex Differences in Presentation and Surgical Outcomes From a Prospective Multicenter Chronic Rhinosinusitis Study. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Mar; 168(3):491-500.
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Examination of Diurnal Variation and Sex Differences in Hippocampal Neurophysiology and Spatial Memory. eNeuro. 2022; 9(6).
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And the band played on: persistent fibrosis after unbanding reveals sex-dependent differences in rats. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2022 08 01; 323(2):H358-H359.
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Sex-related differences in pattern of ethanol drinking under the intermittent-access model and its impact on exploratory and anxiety-like behavior in Long-Evans rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2022 07; 46(7):1282-1293.
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Alcohol-related consequences and the intention to seek care in treatment na?ve women and men with severe alcohol use disorder. Addict Behav. 2022 08; 131:107337.
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Drug versus non-drug behaviors: A dual-reward model of sex differences and neurobiological mechanisms in rats. J Exp Anal Behav. 2022 05; 117(3):457-471.
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Sex-Specific Regulation of ?-Secretase: A Novel Estrogen Response Element (ERE)-Dependent Mechanism in Alzheimer's Disease. J Neurosci. 2022 02 09; 42(6):1154-1165.
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Aging triggers an upregulation of a multitude of cytokines in the male and especially the female rodent hippocampus but more discrete changes in other brain regions. J Neuroinflammation. 2021 Sep 22; 18(1):219.
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The paraventricular thalamus provides a polysynaptic brake on limbic CRF neurons to sex-dependently blunt binge alcohol drinking and avoidance behavior in mice. Nat Commun. 2021 08 23; 12(1):5080.
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Prenatal Kynurenine Elevation Elicits Sex-Dependent Changes in Sleep and Arousal During Adulthood: Implications for Psychotic Disorders. Schizophr Bull. 2021 08 21; 47(5):1320-1330.