"Pineal Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A light-sensitive neuroendocrine organ attached to the roof of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain. The pineal gland secretes MELATONIN, other BIOGENIC AMINES and NEUROPEPTIDES.
| Descriptor ID |
D010870
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.635 A06.688.733 A08.186.211.464.200.680 A08.186.211.730.317.200.620 A08.713.733
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| Concept/Terms |
Pineal Gland- Pineal Gland
- Gland, Pineal
- Pineal Glands
- Pineal Body
- Pineal Bodies
- Corpus Pineale
- Corpus Pineales
- Epiphysis Cerebri
- Cerebri, Epiphysis
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pineal Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Supracerebellar highway-fast and safe road to pediatric pineal tumor resection. Childs Nerv Syst. 2025 Aug 13; 41(1):260.
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Germline Pathogenic DROSHA Variants Are Linked to Pineoblastoma and Wilms Tumor Predisposition. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Apr 14; 31(8):1491-1503.
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Papillary tumor of the pineal region: analysis of DNA methylation profiles and clinical outcomes in 76 cases. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2024 07 16; 12(1):117.
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Pineoblastoma in children less than six years of age: The Head Start I, II, and III experience. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2020 06; 67(6):e28252.
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Risk-adapted therapy and biological heterogeneity in pineoblastoma: integrated clinico-pathological analysis from the prospective, multi-center SJMB03 and SJYC07 trials. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 02; 139(2):259-271.
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Melatonin inhibits hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone release and reduces biliary hyperplasia and fibrosis in cholestatic rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2017 Nov 01; 313(5):G410-G418.
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Atypical location and clinical behavior of a subset of intracranial germ cell tumors in children younger than 3 years of age. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2014 Oct; 14(4):348-55.
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Clinical outcomes and patterns of failure in pineoblastoma: a 30-year, single-institution retrospective review. World Neurosurg. 2014 Dec; 82(6):1232-41.
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Germ-line and somatic DICER1 mutations in pineoblastoma. Acta Neuropathol. 2014 Oct; 128(4):583-95.
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Fgf signaling governs cell fate in the zebrafish pineal complex. Development. 2013 Jan 15; 140(2):323-32.