Motor Activity

"Motor Activity" 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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Body movements of a human or an animal as a behavioral phenomenon.

Descriptor ID	D009043
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.632 G11.427.410.698
Concept/Terms	Motor Activity Motor Activity Activities, Motor Activity, Motor Motor Activities

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Motor Activity [F01.145.632]
Biological Sciences [G]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena [G11.427]
Movement [G11.427.410]
Motor Activity [G11.427.410.698]

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Bar chart showing 351 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 37 publications in 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1998	2	2	4
2000	0	2	2
2001	2	4	6
2002	3	5	8
2003	2	6	8
2004	4	7	11
2005	5	6	11
2006	9	10	19
2007	10	11	21
2008	17	11	28
2009	11	18	29
2010	11	12	23
2011	14	12	26
2012	20	16	36
2013	20	17	37
2014	12	17	29
2015	9	13	22
2016	5	3	8
2017	1	3	4
2018	1	0	1
2019	0	6	6
2020	3	1	4
2021	2	1	3
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	1	2

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Garcia V, Collins SA, Hernandez E, Cruz A, Vasquez A, Sweeney AM, Perez RA, Brito BN, Morera OF, Casta?eda E. A proposed mechanism for amphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization involving the vesicular monoamine transporter. Brain Res. 2025 Oct 15; 1865:149848.

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Firouzan B, Ghasemi R, Tetteh MT, Matson JB, Kashfi K. NOSH-aspirin (NBS-1120) attenuates motor defects and dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Eur J Pharmacol. 2025 Sep 05; 1002:177733.

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Murillo Gonzalez DJ, Hernandez Granados BA, Sabandal PR, Han KA. Social setting interacts with hyper dopamine to boost the stimulant effect of ethanol. Addict Biol. 2024 06; 29(6):e13420.

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Dromerick AW, Geed S, Barth J, Brady K, Giannetti ML, Mitchell A, Edwardson MA, Tan MT, Zhou Y, Newport EL, Edwards DF. Critical Period After Stroke Study (CPASS): A phase II clinical trial testing an optimal time for motor recovery after stroke in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 09 28; 118(39).

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Rodichkin AN, Edler MK, McGlothan JL, Guilarte TR. Behavioral and neurochemical studies of inherited manganese-induced dystonia-parkinsonism in Slc39a14-knockout mice. Neurobiol Dis. 2021 10; 158:105467.

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Cui Q, Pamukcu A, Cherian S, Chang IYM, Berceau BL, Xenias HS, Higgs MH, Rajamanickam S, Chen Y, Du X, Zhang Y, McMorrow H, Abecassis ZA, Boca SM, Justice NJ, Wilson CJ, Chan CS. Dissociable Roles of Pallidal Neuron Subtypes in Regulating Motor Patterns. J Neurosci. 2021 05 05; 41(18):4036-4059.

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Liu Z, Silva J, Shao AS, Liang J, Wallner M, Shao XM, Li M, Olsen RW. Flavonoid compounds isolated from Tibetan herbs, binding to GABAA receptor with anxiolytic property. J Ethnopharmacol. 2021 Mar 01; 267:113630.

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McGarity-Shipley MR, Heald JB, Ingram JN, Gallivan JP, Wolpert DM, Flanagan JR. Motor memories in manipulation tasks are linked to contact goals between objects. J Neurophysiol. 2020 09 01; 124(3):994-1004.

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Barth J, Geed S, Mitchell A, Lum PS, Edwards DF, Dromerick AW. Characterizing upper extremity motor behavior in the first week after stroke. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0221668.

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Sullivan GM, Knutsen AK, Peruzzotti-Jametti L, Korotcov A, Bosomtwi A, Dardzinski BJ, Bernstock JD, Rizzi S, Edenhofer F, Pluchino S, Armstrong RC. Transplantation of induced neural stem cells (iNSCs) into chronically demyelinated corpus callosum ameliorates motor deficits. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2020 06 09; 8(1):84.

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