"Sleep Deprivation" 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 state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
| Descriptor ID |
D012892
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.886.425.175 C23.888.592.796.772 F02.830.855.671 F03.870.400.099
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| Concept/Terms |
Sleep Deprivation- Sleep Deprivation
- Deprivation, Sleep
- Deprivations, Sleep
- Sleep Deprivations
REM Sleep Deprivation- REM Sleep Deprivation
- Deprivation, REM Sleep
- Deprivations, REM Sleep
- REM Sleep Deprivations
- Sleep Deprivation, REM
- Sleep Deprivations, REM
Sleep Fragmentation- Sleep Fragmentation
- Fragmentation, Sleep
- Fragmentations, Sleep
- Sleep Fragmentations
Insufficient Sleep Syndrome- Insufficient Sleep Syndrome
- Insufficient Sleep Syndromes
- Syndrome, Insufficient Sleep
- Syndromes, Insufficient Sleep
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sleep Deprivation" by people in Profiles.
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Sleep drive, not total sleep amount, increases seizure risk. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 29; 16(1):6967.
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Factors influencing seizure induction in patients with intracranial EEG recording. Epilepsia. 2025 Jun; 66(6):2089-2098.
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Go to bed! A systematic review and meta-analysis of bedtime procrastination correlates and sleep outcomes. Sleep Med Rev. 2022 12; 66:101697.
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Association between sleep characteristics, ideal cardiovascular health, and systemic inflammation, NHANES 2017-2018. J Sleep Res. 2022 04; 31(2):e13497.
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Objective and subjective sleep measures are associated with neurocognition in aging adults with and without HIV. Clin Neuropsychol. 2022 08; 36(6):1352-1371.
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Sleep restriction alters children's positive emotional responses, but effects are moderated by anxiety. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2020 10; 61(10):1150-1159.
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Sleep, fatigue and burnout among physicians: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 05 15; 16(5):803-805.
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What is the role of sleep in physician burnout? J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 05 15; 16(5):807-810.
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Sleep fragmentation, microglial aging, and cognitive impairment in adults with and without Alzheimer's dementia. Sci Adv. 2019 12; 5(12):eaax7331.
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Historical Trajectory and Implications of Duty-Hours in Graduate Medical Education. J Leg Med. 2019 Oct-Dec; 39(4):417-426.