"Muscle Hypotonia" 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 diminution of the skeletal muscle tone marked by a diminished resistance to passive stretching.
| Descriptor ID |
D009123
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.613.575 C23.888.592.608.575
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Hypotonia- Muscle Hypotonia
- Hypotonia, Muscle
- Decreased Muscle Tone
- Muscle Tone, Decreased
- Muscle Tone Poor
- Tone Poor, Muscle
- Hypotonia
- Hypotony, Muscle
- Muscle Hypotony
- Muscular Hypotonia
- Hypotonia, Muscular
- Hypomyotonia
Neonatal Hypotonia- Neonatal Hypotonia
- Hypotonia, Neonatal
- Hypotonias, Neonatal
- Neonatal Hypotonias
Flaccid Muscle Tone- Flaccid Muscle Tone
- Muscle Tone, Flaccid
- Muscular Flaccidity
- Flaccidity, Muscular
- Muscular Flaccidities
- Muscle Flaccidity
- Flaccidity, Muscle
Floppy Muscles- Floppy Muscles
- Floppy Muscle
- Muscle, Floppy
- Muscles, Floppy
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Hypotonia" by people in Profiles.
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Structural insights into brain thyroid hormone transport via MCT8 and OATP1C1. Cell. 2025 Oct 02; 188(20):5576-5588.e17.
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Cyclic Hypertonia and Hypotonia Associated with Intrathecal Baclofen Pumps: Findings and Treatments. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2025; 60(3):51-63.
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Mapping variants in thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 to disease severity by genomic, phenotypic, functional, structural and deep learning integration. Nat Commun. 2025 Mar 12; 16(1):2479.
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Genotype-Phenotype Landscape of NALCN and UNC80-Related Disorders. Neurology. 2025 Apr 08; 104(7):e213429.
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MED12 Loss-of-Function Variants as a Cause of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Females With Hardikar Syndrome and Nonspecific Intellectual Disability. Am J Med Genet A. 2025 Jan; 197(1):e63868.
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Laryngeal clefts in Prader-Willi syndrome: Feeding difficulties and aspiration not always caused by hypotonia. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 08; 194(8):e63634.
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Expanded clinical phenotype and untargeted metabolomics analysis in RARS2-related mitochondrial disorder: a case report. BMC Neurol. 2024 Mar 04; 24(1):87.
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Multisystem approach for management of OSA in Down syndrome: a case report. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Mar 01; 20(3):471-473.
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De novo missense variants in ZBTB47 are associated with developmental delays, hypotonia, seizures, gait abnormalities, and variable movement abnormalities. Am J Med Genet A. 2024 01; 194(1):17-30.
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Heterozygous rare variants in NR2F2 cause a recognizable multiple congenital anomaly syndrome with developmental delays. Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 10; 31(10):1117-1124.