 Sex Characteristics
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1997 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 1998 | 1 | 8 | 9 | | 1999 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2000 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2001 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2002 | 1 | 9 | 10 | | 2003 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2004 | 4 | 5 | 9 | | 2005 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2006 | 2 | 11 | 13 | | 2007 | 9 | 11 | 20 | | 2008 | 7 | 6 | 13 | | 2009 | 5 | 11 | 16 | | 2010 | 12 | 11 | 23 | | 2011 | 8 | 8 | 16 | | 2012 | 8 | 10 | 18 | | 2013 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2014 | 8 | 13 | 21 | | 2015 | 12 | 15 | 27 | | 2016 | 12 | 8 | 20 | | 2017 | 12 | 12 | 24 | | 2018 | 13 | 10 | 23 | | 2019 | 13 | 14 | 27 | | 2020 | 15 | 13 | 28 | | 2021 | 10 | 14 | 24 | | 2022 | 7 | 20 | 27 | | 2023 | 8 | 21 | 29 | | 2024 | 7 | 18 | 25 | | 2025 | 11 | 7 | 18 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Hernández MH, Santos ED, Rodriguez Y, Ferchaud-Roucher V, Rousseau-Ralliard D, Frambourg A, Berveiller P, Vialard F, Couturier-Tarrade A, Dieudonne MN. Sex-specific differences in the influence of maternal obesity on the oxidative and inflammatory status in the maternal-placental-fetal unit: new insights into the placental sphingolipid profile. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2025 Oct 01; 608:112640.
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Aki S, Brown M, Stitzel J, Mathews H. The effects of nicotine on sleep in female C57BL/6J mice. Behav Brain Res. 2025 Oct 18; 495:115754.
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Timic Stamenic T, Coulter I, Covey DF, Todorovic SM. Electrophysiological Characterization of Sex-Dependent Hypnosis by an Endogenous Neuroactive Steroid Epipregnanolone. Biomolecules. 2025 Jul 17; 15(7).
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Miller CN, Li Y, Beier KT, Aoto J. Acute stress causes sex-specific changes to ventral subiculum synapses, circuitry, and anxiety-like behavior. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 01; 16(1):5604.
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Schaepe CA, Hiura LC. Behavioral sex differences in the developmental emergence and selectivity of partner preferences in prairie voles. Horm Behav. 2025 Jul; 173:105778.
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Martin A, Coulter I, Cox R, Covey DF, Todorovic SM, Timic Stamenic T. Comparative electrophysiological study of neuroactive steroid-induced hypnosis in mice: sex and drug-specific differences. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2025; 250:10550.
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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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Wyman-Chick KA, Ferman TJ, Armstrong MJ, Chrenka EAB, Chiu SY, Patel B, Barrett MJ, Bayram E. Sex differences in prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies using the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center data. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 May; 21(5):e70275.
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Mueller MC, Blomberg R, Tanneberger AE, Davis-Hall D, Neeves KB, Magin CM. Female Fibroblast Activation Is Estrogen-Mediated in Sex-Specific 3D-Bioprinted Pulmonary Artery Adventitia Models. ACS Biomater Sci Eng. 2025 May 12; 11(5):2935-2945.
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Platnick C, Choi YJ, Narongkiatikhun P, Bekelman N, Rountree-Jablin C, Birznieks C, Sell E, Tommerdahl KL, de Boer I, Shah VN, Nadeau KJ, Sawyer A, Pyle L, Bjornstad P. Relationships among biological sex, body composition, and bone mineral density in young persons with and without diabetes. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 26; 38(5):476-487.
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