Neurons

"Neurons" 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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The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM.

Descriptor ID	D009474
MeSH Number(s)	A08.675 A11.671
Concept/Terms	Neurons Neurons Neuron Nerve Cells Cell, Nerve Cells, Nerve Nerve Cell

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Neurons [A08.675]
Cells [A11]
Neurons [A11.671]

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Bar chart showing 985 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 58 publications in 2004

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	9	4	13
1997	14	6	20
1998	11	9	20
1999	16	3	19
2000	13	7	20
2001	24	10	34
2002	24	14	38
2003	28	14	42
2004	38	20	58
2005	22	13	35
2006	27	25	52
2007	27	19	46
2008	27	15	42
2009	33	14	47
2010	34	23	57
2011	19	18	37
2012	26	15	41
2013	29	9	38
2014	22	14	36
2015	28	13	41
2016	16	12	28
2017	18	13	31
2018	15	19	34
2019	21	17	38
2020	12	16	28
2021	10	21	31
2022	2	10	12
2023	0	10	10
2024	11	15	26
2025	5	6	11

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Zhao P, El Fadel O, Le A, Mangleburg CG, Dhindsa J, Wu T, Zhao J, Huang M, Amoh B, Marella AS, Li Y, Seyfried NT, Levey AI, Liu Z, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Shulman JM. Systems genetic dissection of brain gene expression reveals excitotoxic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jun; 31(6):3462-3481.

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Garc?a-Carlos CA, Salas-Gallardo A, Gonz?lez-Pereyra P, Basurto-Islas G, Perry G, Mondrag?n-Rodr?guez S. Amyloid-? and phosphorylated-tau accumulation in retrosplenial cortex of young Alzheimer's disease model: Impact on network activity. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Mar; 110(2):576-587.

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Nieto-Estevez V, Varma P, Mirsadeghi S, Caballero J, Gamero-Alameda S, Hosseini A, Silvosa MJ, Thodeson DM, Goswami S, Lybrand ZR, Giugliano M, Navara C, Hsieh J. Dual developmental effects of ARX poly-alanine mutations on human cortical excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Cell Rep. 2026 Jan 27; 45(1):116746.

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Jordan Z, Singh A, Kattapong-Graber S, Goswami S, Sanjana NE, Zuccaro E, Zhang F, Eggan K, Hsieh J, Hermann BP, Hebert JM, Maroof AM. The Specification and Functional Maturation of Sub-Cerebral Projection Neurons Derived from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cells Dev. 2025 12; 34(23-24):514-528.

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Ostermann PN, Wu Y, Bowler SA, Mart?nez-Meza S, Siddiqui MA, Meyer DH, Herrera A, Sealy BA, Sidharta M, Ramnarine K, St Bernard LA, Byrd D, Jones RB, Yamashita M, Nixon DF, Ndhlovu LC, Zhou T, Evering TH. Transcriptional signature of induced neurons differentiates virologically suppressed people with HIV from people without HIV. JCI Insight. 2026 Jan 23; 11(2).

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Chen J, Zaidi M, Chaudhary J, Erfani Z, Al Nemri S, Plautz EJ, Wen X, Seeley EH, Bartnik-Olson BL, Corbin IR, Park JM. Comparative Evaluation of Hyperpolarized [13C]pyruvate and [13C]lactate for Imaging Neuronal and Glioma Metabolism. ACS Sens. 2026 Jan 23; 11(1):489-499.

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Deger JM, Hannan SB, Gu M, Strohlein CE, Goodman LD, Pasupuleti S, Shaik Z, Ma L, Li Y, Li J, Stephens MC, Tyrl?k M, Liu Z, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Shaw CA, Kanca O, Bellen HJ, Shulman JM. Revealing the nervous system requirements of Alzheimer disease risk genes in Drosophila. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 Dec 04; 112(12):2870-2887.

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Aydin A, Jahanshahi A, Esmaeili-Dokht P, Han M, Gardi G, Yu Y, Soon RH, Temel Y, Sitti M. Wireless nonresonant stimulation of neurons on a magnetoelectric film surface. Sci Adv. 2025 Oct 17; 11(42):eadx6829.

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Faunce JA, Bakshi K, Troyer T, Macias S, Smotherman M. Laminar Distribution of Spectrotemporal Receptive Field Subtypes in the Primary Auditory Cortex of Echolocating Bats. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Nov; 1553(1):158-171.

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Miller JA, Pahlavan B, Gamboa B, Santamaria F. Incorporating the thermodynamic effects of temperature and pressure on modeling neuronal gating kinetics. PLoS One. 2025; 20(10):e0333592.

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