"Median Nerve" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibers of the median nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually C6 to T1), travel via the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the forearm and hand.
| Descriptor ID |
D008475
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.050.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Median Nerve- Median Nerve
- Median Nerves
- Nerve, Median
- Nerves, Median
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Median Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Long-latency gamma modulation after median nerve stimulation delineates the central sulcus and contrasts the states of consciousness. Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 01; 145:1-10.
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Procedure-Oriented Torsional Anatomy of the Carpal Tunnel. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2018 May/Jun; 42(3):492-495.
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Contribution of tactile dysfunction to manual motor dysfunction in type II diabetes. Muscle Nerve. 2016 11; 54(5):895-902.
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Aberrant course of a communicating branch of the ulnar nerve to the median nerve contributing to hypothenar Hammer syndrome. Ann Plast Surg. 2007 Jun; 58(6):686-7.
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Microneurography of human median nerve. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2005 Jun; 21(6):826-30.
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Long-term neurologic hand complications after radial artery harvesting using conventional cold and harmonic scalpel techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2004 Aug; 78(2):535-8; discussion 535-8.
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Bipolar disorder: anomalous brain asymmetry associated with psychosis. Am J Psychiatry. 1999 Aug; 156(8):1159-63.
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Effect of isometric contraction on threshold somatosensory evoked potentials. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 1999 Jan-Feb; 78(1):2-6.
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Reversal of reflex-induced myocardial ischemia by median nerve stimulation: a feline model of electroacupuncture. Circulation. 1998 Mar 31; 97(12):1186-94.
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Predicting acute denervation in carpal tunnel syndrome. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 1998 Mar; 79(3):306-12.