"Darkness" 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 absence of light.
| Descriptor ID |
D003624
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.590.540.233
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Darkness" by people in Profiles.
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Partial sleep deprivation reduces phase advances to light in humans. J Biol Rhythms. 2010 Dec; 25(6):460-8.
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Animals lacking link protein have attenuated perineuronal nets and persistent plasticity. Brain. 2010 Aug; 133(Pt 8):2331-47.
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Phase delaying the human circadian clock with blue-enriched polychromatic light. Chronobiol Int. 2009 May; 26(4):709-25.
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Practical interventions to promote circadian adaptation to permanent night shift work: study 4. J Biol Rhythms. 2009 Apr; 24(2):161-72.
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Individual differences in the amount and timing of salivary melatonin secretion. PLoS One. 2008 Aug 26; 3(8):e3055.
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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of postoperative nightly sildenafil citrate for the prevention of erectile dysfunction after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. Int J Impot Res. 2008 Sep-Oct; 20(5):479-86.
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Shaping the light/dark pattern for circadian adaptation to night shift work. Physiol Behav. 2008 Oct 20; 95(3):449-56.
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Does seasonal variation affect hallucinations in PD? A longitudinal study. Mov Disord. 2006 Jun; 21(6):863-5.
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A compromise phase position for permanent night shift workers: circadian phase after two night shifts with scheduled sleep and light/dark exposure. Chronobiol Int. 2006; 23(4):859-75.
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How to trick mother nature into letting you fly around or stay up all night. J Biol Rhythms. 2005 Aug; 20(4):353-65.