"Skull" 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 SKELETON of the HEAD including the FACIAL BONES and the bones enclosing the BRAIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D012886
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781
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| Concept/Terms |
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Skull" by people in this website by year, and whether "Skull" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2021 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull" by people in Profiles.
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Rotational impact orientation effects traumatic brain injury severity, a biomimetic study. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2026 Dec; 184:107632.
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Repeated head impacts establish a senescent cranial bone marrow niche that impairs brain metabolism. J Neuroinflammation. 2026 May 27; 23(1).
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Long-term Outcomes of Porous Polyethylene Cranioplasty for Large Cranial Defects in Children: Assessment of Clinical Results and Cranial Growth. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2026 Nov; 63(11):3822-3834.
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Brain tumors induce widespread disruption of calvarial bone and alteration of skull marrow immune landscape. Nat Neurosci. 2025 Nov; 28(11):2231-2246.
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Distinct Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Differentially Regulate Skeletal Stem Cells in Calvaria Versus Long Bones During Bone Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Sep 26; 26(19).
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SST-DUNet: Smart Swin Transformer and Dense UNet for automated preclinical fMRI skull stripping. J Neurosci Methods. 2025 Nov; 423:110545.
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A potential VEGF-driven hypothesis of calvarial centripetal proliferation in cerebral proliferative angiopathy. Sci Rep. 2025 01 20; 15(1):2502.
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Full-thickness versus split-thickness skin graft reconstruction of scalp defects with and without calvarium exposure. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2024 10; 97:275-281.
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Pediatric Cranial Vault and Skull Base Fractures. Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2023 Nov; 35(4):597-606.
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Comparison of Morphometric Outcomes following Open Posterior Expansion versus Endoscopic Strip Craniectomy for Sagittal Synostosis. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2024 05 01; 153(5):1095-1106.