"Self Stimulation" 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.
Stimulation of the brain, which is self-administered. The stimulation may result in negative or positive reinforcement.
| Descriptor ID |
D012653
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.775 F02.830.784
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| Concept/Terms |
Self Stimulation- Self Stimulation
- Self Stimulations
- Stimulation, Self
- Stimulations, Self
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self Stimulation" by people in Profiles.
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Mirtazapine and ketanserin alter preference for gambling-like schedules of reinforcement in rats. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2017 07 03; 77:178-184.
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Pharmacologically distinct pramipexole-mediated akinesia vs. risk-taking in a rat model of Parkinson's disease. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2016 10 03; 70:77-84.
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Dopaminergic lesions of the dorsolateral striatum in rats increase delay discounting in an impulsive choice task. PLoS One. 2015; 10(4):e0122063.
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Intracranial self-stimulation as a positive reinforcer to study impulsivity in a probability discounting paradigm. J Neurosci Methods. 2011 Jun 15; 198(2):260-9.
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Assessment of lifetime participation in cognitively stimulating activities. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2003 Aug; 25(5):634-42.
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Participation in cognitively stimulating activities and risk of incident Alzheimer disease. JAMA. 2002 Feb 13; 287(6):742-8.