"Lordosis" 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 anterior concavity in the curvature of the lumbar and cervical spine as viewed from the side. The term usually refers to abnormally increased curvature (hollow back, saddle back, swayback). It does not include lordosis as normal mating posture in certain animals ( = POSTURE + SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL).
| Descriptor ID |
D008141
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.900.800.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lordosis" by people in Profiles.
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S?nchez Montoya EL, Hern?ndez L, Barreto-Estrada JL, Ortiz JG, Jorge JC. The testosterone metabolite 3a-diol enhances female rat sexual motivation when infused in the nucleus accumbens shell. J Sex Med. 2010 Nov; 7(11):3598-609.
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Micevych P, Chaban V, Quesada A, Sinchak K. Oestrogen modulates cholecystokinin: opioid interactions in the nervous system. Pharmacol Toxicol. 2002 Dec; 91(6):387-97.