"Sex Characteristics" 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.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
Descriptor ID |
D012727
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MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Implicating genes, pleiotropy, and sexual dimorphism at blood lipid loci through multi-ancestry meta-analysis. Genome Biol. 2022 12 27; 23(1):268.
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The nuclear receptor Hr46/Hr3 is required in the blood brain barrier of mature males for courtship. PLoS Genet. 2022 01; 18(1):e1009519.
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Sex-specific aging in animals: Perspective and future directions. Aging Cell. 2022 02; 21(2):e13542.
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Simulated vehicle exhaust exposure induces sex-dependent behavioral deficits in rats. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2021 Aug; 86:103660.
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Neural Perturbations Associated With Recurrent Binge Alcohol in Male and Female Rats. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 02; 45(2):365-374.
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Naltrexone alters alcohol self-administration behaviors and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in a sex-dependent manner in rats. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2018 04; 167:50-59.
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Binge ethanol effects on prefrontal cortex neurons, spatial working memory and task-induced neuronal activation in male and female rats. Physiol Behav. 2018 05 01; 188:79-85.
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Behavioral effects of early life maternal trauma witness in rats. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Feb 02; 81:80-87.
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Sex differences in hippocampal damage, cognitive impairment, and trophic factor expression in an animal model of an alcohol use disorder. Brain Struct Funct. 2018 Jan; 223(1):195-210.
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Female Sprague-Dawley rats display greater appetitive and consummatory responses to alcohol. Behav Brain Res. 2017 06 01; 327:155-161.