"Flight, Animal" 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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The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air.
| Descriptor ID |
D005426
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.410.568.304 G11.427.410.698.416
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| Concept/Terms |
Flight, Animal- Flight, Animal
- Animal Flight
- Animal Flights
- Flights, Animal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Flight, Animal" by people in Profiles.
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A model of topological mapping of space in bat hippocampus. Hippocampus. 2016 10; 26(10):1345-53.
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Somatosensory substrates of flight control in bats. Cell Rep. 2015 May 12; 11(6):851-858.
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Near-optimal decoding of transient stimuli from coupled neuronal subpopulations. J Neurosci. 2014 Sep 03; 34(36):12206-22.
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Experimental verification of dynamic soaring in albatrosses. J Exp Biol. 2013 Nov 15; 216(Pt 22):4222-32.
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Collision-avoidance behaviors of minimally restrained flying locusts to looming stimuli. J Exp Biol. 2013 Feb 15; 216(Pt 4):641-55.
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Flying at no mechanical energy cost: disclosing the secret of wandering albatrosses. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e41449.
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Northern gannets anticipate the spatio-temporal occurrence of their prey. J Exp Biol. 2010 Jul 15; 213(Pt 14):2365-71.
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An alternative domain near the nucleotide-binding site of Drosophila muscle myosin affects ATPase kinetics. J Mol Biol. 2005 Oct 14; 353(1):14-25.
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Benzoquinones from millipedes deter mosquitoes and elicit self-anointing in capuchin monkeys (Cebus spp.). Naturwissenschaften. 2003 Jul; 90(7):301-4.
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GPS tracking of foraging albatrosses. Science. 2002 Feb 15; 295(5558):1259.