"Fasting" 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.
Abstaining from all food.
| Descriptor ID |
D005215
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.407.400 G07.203.650.240.587 G07.203.650.353.400
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fasting" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fasting" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2001 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2012 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fasting" by people in Profiles.
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An obligatory role for AgRP neurons in maintaining body temperature during time-restricted feeding. Metabolism. 2026 Jun; 179:156595.
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Silencing lipid catabolism determines longevity in response to fasting. Nat Commun. 2026 Jan 22; 17(1).
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Time-restricted feeding in adult mice improves mood-related behaviors in a sex-dependent manner. Behav Brain Res. 2026 01 05; 496:115867.
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Metabolic clearance rate of insulin across the glucose tolerance spectrum by race and ethnicity in youth with obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Jul; 33(7):1365-1374.
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Mechanisms driving fasting-induced protection from genotoxic injury in the small intestine. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2024 05 01; 326(5):G504-G524.
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The interplay between sex, time of day, fasting status, and their impact on cardiac mitochondrial structure, function, and dynamics. Sci Rep. 2023 12 07; 13(1):21638.
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Vitamin B2 enables regulation of fasting glucose availability. Elife. 2023 07 07; 12.
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Targeting Energy Intake and Circadian Biology to Engage Mechanisms of Aging in Older Adults With Obesity: Calorie Restriction and Time-Restricted Eating. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2023 06 16; 78(Suppl 1):79-85.
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A long-term obesogenic high-fat diet in mice partially dampens the anti-frailty benefits of late-life intermittent fasting. Geroscience. 2023 04; 45(2):1247-1262.
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Prevention of Neurologic Disease with Fasting. Semin Neurol. 2022 10; 42(5):549-557.