"Weightlessness" 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.
Condition in which no acceleration, whether due to gravity or any other force, can be detected by an observer within a system. It also means the absence of weight or the absence of the force of gravity acting on a body. Microgravity, gravitational force between 0 and 10 -6 g, is included here. (From NASA Thesaurus, 1988)
| Descriptor ID |
D014893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.060.350.369.400.900
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Weightlessness" by people in this website by year, and whether "Weightlessness" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Weightlessness" by people in Profiles.
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Optic disc edema in an astronaut after repeat long-duration space flight. J Neuroophthalmol. 2013 Sep; 33(3):249-55.
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Human health and performance for long-duration spaceflight. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Jun; 79(6):629-35.
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Ionizing radiation-induced bioeffects in space and strategies to reduce cellular injury and carcinogenesis. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr; 78(4 Suppl):A67-78.
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Percutaneous bladder catheterization in microgravity. Can J Urol. 2007 Apr; 14(2):3493-8.
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Trauma sonography for use in microgravity. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr; 78(4 Suppl):A38-42.
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Breast cancer and spaceflight: risk and management. Aviat Space Environ Med. 2007 Apr; 78(4 Suppl):A26-37.
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Genitourinary issues during spaceflight: a review. Int J Impot Res. 2005 Dec; 17 Suppl 1:S64-7.
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Extraterrestrial hemorrhage control: terrestrial developments in technique, technology, and philosophy with applicability to traumatic hemorrhage control in long-duration spaceflight. J Am Coll Surg. 2005 Jan; 200(1):64-76.
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Erythropoietin withdrawal alters interactions between young red blood cells, splenic endothelial cells, and macrophages: an in vitro model of neocytolysis. J Investig Med. 2001 Jul; 49(4):335-45.
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Changes in intervertebral disc cross-sectional area with bed rest and space flight. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 1994 Apr 01; 19(7):812-7.