"Tongue" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A muscular organ in the mouth that is covered with pink tissue called mucosa, tiny bumps called papillae, and thousands of taste buds. The tongue is anchored to the mouth and is vital for chewing, swallowing, and for speech.
| Descriptor ID |
D014059
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.500.885 A14.549.885
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tongue" by people in Profiles.
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Vukmanovic Nosrat I, Palacios JL, Kezian S, Luong G, Tran A, Vu K, Henson BS, Nosrat P, Lutfy K, Nosrat CA. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor overexpression in taste buds diminishes chemotherapy induced taste loss. Eur J Neurosci. 2022 10; 56(7):4967-4982.
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Bowman BM, Montgomery SA, Schrank TP, Simon JM, Ptacek TS, Tamir TY, Mulvaney KM, Weir SJ, Nguyen TT, Murphy RM, Makowski L, Hayes DN, Chen XL, Randell SH, Weissman BE, Major MB. A conditional mouse expressing an activating mutation in NRF2 displays hyperplasia of the upper gastrointestinal tract and decreased white adipose tissue. J Pathol. 2020 10; 252(2):125-137.
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Gao X, Tsai RYL, Ma J, Bhupal PK, Liu X, Liang D, Xie H. Determination and validation of mycophenolic acid by a UPLC-MS/MS method: Applications to pharmacokinetics and tongue tissue distribution studies in rats. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2020 Jan 01; 1136:121930.
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Hu B, Zhang C, Baawo K, Qin R, Cole GJ, Lee JA, Chen X. Zebrafish K5 promoter driven GFP expression as a transgenic system for oral research. Oral Oncol. 2010 Jan; 46(1):31-7.
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Robbins J, Kays SA, Gangnon RE, Hind JA, Hewitt AL, Gentry LR, Taylor AJ. The effects of lingual exercise in stroke patients with dysphagia. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Feb; 88(2):150-8.
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Richardson KA, Gatti PJ. Genioglossal hypoglossal motoneurons contact substance P-like immunoreactive nerve terminals in the cat: a dual labeling electron microscopic study. Exp Brain Res. 2004 Feb; 154(3):327-32.
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Bermejo R, Remy M, Zeigler HP. Jaw movement kinematics and jaw muscle (EMG) activity during drinking in the pigeon (Columba livia). J Comp Physiol A. 1992 Mar; 170(3):303-9.
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Jacquin MF, Zeigler HP. Trigeminal orosensory deafferentiation disrupts feeding and drinking mechanism in the rat. Brain Res. 1982 Apr 22; 238(1):198-204.
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Wild JM, Zeigler HP. Central representation and somatotopic organization of the jaw muscles within the facial and trigeminal nuclei of the pigeon (Columba livia). J Comp Neurol. 1980 Jul 01; 192(1):175-201.