"Head" 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 upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D006257
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head" by people in Profiles.
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Every hit matters: White matter diffusivity changes in high school football athletes are correlated with repetitive head acceleration event exposure. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 24:101930.
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Effects of repetitive sub-concussive brain injury on the functional connectivity of Default Mode Network in high school football athletes. Dev Neuropsychol. 2015 Jan; 40(1):51-6.
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Sub-concussive hit characteristics predict deviant brain metabolism in football athletes. Dev Neuropsychol. 2015 Jan; 40(1):12-7.