 Head
"Head" 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 upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
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D006257
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Head" by people in this website by year, and whether "Head" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head" by people in Profiles.
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Vette AH, Yoshida T, Thrasher TA, Masani K, Popovic MR. A comprehensive three-dimensional dynamic model of the human head and trunk for estimating lumbar and cervical joint torques and forces from upper body kinematics. Med Eng Phys. 2012 Jun; 34(5):640-9.
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Aspelund G, Fisher JC, Simpson LL, Stolar CJ. Prenatal lung-head ratio: threshold to predict outcome for congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2012 Jul; 25(7):1011-6.
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Freeman TC, Champion RA, Warren PA. A Bayesian model of perceived head-centered velocity during smooth pursuit eye movement. Curr Biol. 2010 Apr 27; 20(8):757-62.
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Zivotofsky AZ, Averbuch-Heller L, Thomas CW, Das VE, Discenna AO, Leigh RJ. Tracking of illusory target motion: differences between gaze and head responses. Vision Res. 1995 Nov; 35(21):3029-35.
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Das VE, Zivotofsky AZ, DiScenna AO, Leigh RJ. Head perturbations during walking while viewing a head-fixed target. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1995 Aug; 66(8):728-32.
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Das VE, Leigh RJ, Thomas CW, Averbuch-Heller L, Zivotofsky AZ, Discenna AO, Dell'Osso LF. Modulation of high-frequency vestibuloocular reflex during visual tracking in humans. J Neurophysiol. 1995 Aug; 74(2):624-32.
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