"Sleep" 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 readily reversible suspension of sensorimotor interaction with the environment, usually associated with recumbency and immobility.
| Descriptor ID |
D012890
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.830.855 G11.561.803
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sleep" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sleep" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2017 | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| 2018 | 11 | 5 | 16 |
| 2019 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2020 | 6 | 16 | 22 |
| 2021 | 6 | 23 | 29 |
| 2022 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| 2023 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2026 | 14 | 1 | 15 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sleep" by people in Profiles.
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Future horizons: Toward an integrated neuroscience of sleep. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 301:207-219.
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Sleep, circadian rhythms, chronobiology, and neural synchrony: Integrative mechanisms in brain function, health, and disease. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 300:1-34.
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Sleep, anxiety, and depression: The bidirectional brain-behavior axis. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 300:35-64.
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Neural mechanisms and architecture of sleep. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 299:1-50.
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Sleep and memory consolidation: Neural and cognitive perspectives. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 299:137-176.
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Sleep, emotional regulation, and limbic-cortical dynamics: From basic mechanisms to clinical translation. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 299:177-215.
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Sleep, attention, and executive function in health and disease. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 299:217-247.
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Brain oscillations and sleep microarchitecture: From EEG to fMRI. Prog Brain Res. 2026; 299:51-96.
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Hormonal contraceptives and women's sleep health: A systematic review. Sleep Med Rev. 2026 Oct; 89:102309.
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Biphasic sleep is a feature of sleep disturbance in SYNGAP1-RD. Sleep Med. 2026 Jul; 143:108908.