 Light
"Light" 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.
That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range.
| Descriptor ID |
D008027
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.358.500.505.650 G01.590.540 G01.750.250.650 G01.750.770.578
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| Concept/Terms |
Light- Light
- Photoradiation
- Photoradiations
Light, Visible- Light, Visible
- Visible Light
- Radiation, Visible
- Visible Radiation
- Radiations, Visible
- Visible Radiations
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Light" by people in this website by year, and whether "Light" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2000 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2001 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2002 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2004 | 4 | 10 | 14 | | 2005 | 8 | 9 | 17 | | 2006 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | 2007 | 5 | 6 | 11 | | 2008 | 1 | 10 | 11 | | 2009 | 4 | 13 | 17 | | 2010 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2011 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2012 | 1 | 18 | 19 | | 2013 | 12 | 11 | 23 | | 2014 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2015 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2016 | 2 | 7 | 9 | | 2017 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2018 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2019 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2020 | 3 | 9 | 12 | | 2021 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2022 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Light" by people in Profiles.
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Warwick AM, Yu L, Klingeborn M, Travis AM, Parmar VM, Bomze HM, Malek G, Gospe Iii SM. Reduced complex I activity in the retinal pigment epithelium, but not in rod photoreceptors, affects light signaling without impacting cell survival. J Biol Chem. 2025 Sep; 301(9):110586.
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Reis DJ, Huang JB, Bahraini NH. The relationship between sleep and circadian-sleep phase angles based on dim light melatonin onset predicted from light and activity data. J Clin Sleep Med. 2025 Aug 01; 21(8):1349-1361.
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Stritzel WJ, Levy C, Ravenel JR, Strnad HK, Osman M, Prévost ED, Root DH, Reuter JD, Sloan AM, Spencer RL. Red Light Sensitivity of Non-image and Image Forming Visual Systems of Laboratory Rodents: Circadian Disruption and Behavioral Detection. J Neurosci. 2025 May 14; 45(20).
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Duston A, Holtman S, Bowen AE, Cree MG, Nadeau K, Wright KP, Simon SL, Diniz Behn CG. Sex Differences in Circadian Timing and Biological Night in Adolescents. J Biol Rhythms. 2025 02; 40(1):7-18.
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Hartstein LE, Wright KP, Diniz Behn C, Stowe SR, LeBourgeois MK. The Circadian Response to Evening Light Spectra in Early Childhood: Preliminary Insights. J Biol Rhythms. 2025 04; 40(2):181-193.
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Tahia F, Ma D, Stephenson DJ, Basu SK, Del Mar NA, Lenchik N, Kochat H, Brown K, Chalfant CE, Mandal N. Inhibiting De Novo Biosynthesis of Ceramide by L-Cycloserine Can Prevent Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration in Albino BALB/c Mice. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Dec 13; 25(24).
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Xiao JF, Luo W, Mani A, Barba H, Solanki A, Droho S, Lavine JA, Skondra D. Intravitreal Metformin Protects Against Choroidal Neovascularization and Light-Induced Retinal Degeneration. Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Oct 22; 25(21).
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Plavchak CL, Werner AZ, Betz E, Salvachúa D, Beckham GT, Kim Ratanathanawongs Williams S. Determination of particle number concentration for biological particles using AF4-MALS: Dependencies on light scattering model and refractive index. J Chromatogr A. 2024 Nov 22; 1737:465460.
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Pousty D, Ma B, Mathews C, Halanur M, Mamane H, Linden KG. Biofilm inactivation using LED systems emitting germicidal UV and antimicrobial blue light. Water Res. 2024 Dec 01; 267:122449.
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Stowe SR, LeBourgeois MK, Diniz Behn C. Modeling the Effects of Napping and Non-napping Patterns of Light Exposure on the Human Circadian Oscillator. J Biol Rhythms. 2023 10; 38(5):492-509.
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