"Femoral Nerve" 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 nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar plexus to provide motor innervation to extensors of the thigh and sensory innervation to parts of the thigh, lower leg, and foot, and to the hip and knee joints.
| Descriptor ID |
D005267
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.800.720.450.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Femoral Nerve- Femoral Nerve
- Femoral Nerves
- Nerve, Femoral
- Nerves, Femoral
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Femoral Nerve" by people in Profiles.
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Prohibitin 1 is essential to preserve mitochondria and myelin integrity in Schwann cells. Nat Commun. 2021 06 02; 12(1):3285.
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Pericapsular nerve group blockade for sickle cell disease vaso-occlusive crisis. J Clin Anesth. 2020 Nov; 66:109932.
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Retroperitoneal PEComa related to the femoral nerve. J Neurosurg Sci. 2017 02; 61(1):109-112.
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Surgical management of the pelvic plexus and lower abdominal nerves. Neurosurgery. 2009 Oct; 65(4 Suppl):A44-51.
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Prenylation-defective human connexin32 mutants are normally localized and function equivalently to wild-type connexin32 in myelinating Schwann cells. J Neurosci. 2005 Aug 03; 25(31):7111-20.
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Transgenic expression of human connexin32 in myelinating Schwann cells prevents demyelination in connexin32-null mice. J Neurosci. 2005 Feb 09; 25(6):1550-9.
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Accidental femoral nerve block following administration of local anesthetic for varicocele repair. J Urol. 1992 May; 147(5):1378-9.
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Magnetic resonance imaging of peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Assessment by numerical visual fuzzy cluster analysis. Invest Radiol. 1990 Nov; 25(11):1238-45.
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Afferent and efferent axons in the medial and posterior articular nerves of the cat. Anat Rec. 1983 May; 206(1):71-8.