"Wakefulness" 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.
A state in which there is an enhanced potential for sensitivity and an efficient responsiveness to external stimuli.
| Descriptor ID |
D014851
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.104.821 G11.561.035.738
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Wakefulness" by people in Profiles.
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Awake Prone Positioning in Adults With COVID-19: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2025 05 01; 185(5):572-581.
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Awake Prone Positioning for Nonintubated Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Am Fam Physician. 2022 Aug; 106(2):Online.
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Predictors of Treatment Success in Awake Prone Positioning for Non-Intubated COVID-19 Patients With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. Respir Care. 2022 09; 67(9):1168-1172.
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Sleep and cognitive performance of African-Americans and European-Americans before and during circadian misalignment produced by an abrupt 9-h delay in the sleep/wake schedule. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186843.
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Advancing the sleep/wake schedule impacts the sleep of African-Americans more than European-Americans. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186887.
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Sleep behavior across the lifespan: How a model can expand our current understanding. Sleep Med Rev. 2016 08; 28:1-4.
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Relationships among sleep timing, sleep duration and glycemic control in Type 2 diabetes in Thailand. Chronobiol Int. 2015; 32(10):1469-76.
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Daytime symptom patterns in insomnia sufferers: is there evidence for subtyping insomnia? J Sleep Res. 2011 Sep; 20(3):425-33.
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Performance on a simple response time task: Is sleep or work more important for miners? Appl Ergon. 2011 Jan; 42(2):210-3.
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Circadian and wake-dependent influences on subjective sleepiness, cognitive throughput, and reaction time performance in older and young adults. Sleep. 2010 Apr; 33(4):481-90.