 Fear
"Fear" 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 affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of the threatening condition.
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D005239
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.470.361
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fear" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fear" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2003 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2004 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2007 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2008 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2009 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2011 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2012 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2014 | 3 | 8 | 11 | | 2015 | 5 | 4 | 9 | | 2016 | 8 | 3 | 11 | | 2017 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2018 | 7 | 7 | 14 | | 2019 | 6 | 9 | 15 | | 2020 | 6 | 10 | 16 | | 2021 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2022 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2023 | 1 | 15 | 16 | | 2024 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fear" by people in Profiles.
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Williams EW, Snively L, O'Meara BR, Jacobs HL, Kolb M, Zhao-Shea R, Pavchinskiy RG, Keppler E, Baratta MV, Tapper AR, Molas S. Interpeduncular GABAergic neuron function controls threat processing and innate defensive adaptive learning. Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Nov; 30(11):5427-5436.
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Hohorst AA, Tanner MK, Han R, Korth KM, Westerman JD, Mendoza CS, Dryden MQ, Alvarez LA, Abdul RA, Loetz EC, Oleson EB, Greenwood BN. High ovarian hormones present during fear extinction reduce fear relapse through a nigrostriatal dopamine pathway. Biol Sex Differ. 2025 Jun 01; 16(1):38.
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Mintken PE, McDevitt AW, Lewis J. The Worst Pain Is an Unexplained Pain. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2025 05; 55(5):307-311.
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Suzuki RR, Hasche L, Srinivas T, Gagnon K, DePrince AP. Investigating links between posttraumatic stress symptoms, posttrauma appraisals, and social support in older adults. J Trauma Stress. 2025 08; 38(4):629-637.
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Timic Stamenic T, Joksimovic SM, Fine-Raquet B, Tadic VP, Tesic V, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Todorovic SM. Role of Thalamic CaV3.1 T-Channels in Fear Conditioning. Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Apr 09; 26(8).
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Brna ML, Smulligan KL, Wingerson MJ, Magliato SN, Kemp LE, Wilson JC, Howell DR. Anxiety, pain, and fear of pain: predictors of postural stability after a concussion. Int J Sports Med. 2025 Jun; 46(6):446-455.
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Gil MA, Michel CJ, Olivetti S, Sridharan V, Hein AM. Integrating Landscapes of Fear and Energy Reveals the Behavioural Strategies That Shape Predator-Prey Interactions. Ecol Lett. 2025 Feb; 28(2):e70068.
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Kuruppath P. Integrating optogenetic stimulation of olfactory bulb glomeruli with foot shock fear conditioning: A robust method for investigating olfactory-based fear conditioning. Eur J Neurosci. 2025 Feb; 61(4).
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Kuruppath P. Bilateral Optogenetic Stimulation of the Olfactory Bulb of OMP-ChIEF Mice. Methods Mol Biol. 2025; 2915:189-200.
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Arch JJ, Kirk MH, Finkelstein LB. Patient-Reported Worst-Case Scenarios in Advanced Cancer: Presence, Contents, and Predictors. Psychooncology. 2024 Dec; 33(12):e70039.
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