"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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| 1997 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Neuroendocrine mechanisms in the links between early life stress, affect, and youth substance use: A conceptual model for the study of sex and gender differences. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2024 Apr; 73:101121.
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Human Brown Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Health: Potential for Therapeutic Avenues. Cells. 2021 11 05; 10(11).
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Limitations of Long-Term Mortality as a Clinical Trial Endpoint: Time Wounds All Healing. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 08 25; 76(8):900-902.
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Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models. Cell Rep. 2020 07 14; 32(2):107908.
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Sex-based Differences in Hearing Loss: Perspectives From Non-clinical Research to Clinical Outcomess. Otol Neurotol. 2020 03; 41(3):290-298.
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Depression Fully Mediates the Effect of Multimorbidity on Self-Rated Health for Economically Disadvantaged African American Men but Not Women. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 05 14; 16(10).
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Nicotine pretreatment reduced cocaine-induced CPP and its reinstatement in a sex- and dose-related manner in adult C57BL/6J mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2017 08; 159:84-89.
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Intrauterine growth restriction increases the preference for palatable foods and affects sensitivity to food rewards in male and female adult rats. Brain Res. 2015 Aug 27; 1618:41-9.
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The effect of poor sleep quality on mood outcome differs between men and women: A longitudinal study of bipolar disorder. J Affect Disord. 2015 Jul 15; 180:90-6.
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Assessing stimulus and subject influences on auditory evoked potentials and their relation to peripheral physiology in green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol. 2014 Dec; 178:68-81.