 Instinct
"Instinct" 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.
Stereotyped patterns of response, characteristic of a given species, that have been phylogenetically adapted to a specific type of situation.
| Descriptor ID |
D007323
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.658.642
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| Concept/Terms |
Instinct- Instinct
- Instincts
- Innate Behavior
- Behavior, Innate
- Behaviors, Innate
- Innate Behaviors
Fixed Action Pattern- Fixed Action Pattern
- Fixed Action Patterns
- Pattern, Fixed Action
- Patterns, Fixed Action
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Instinct" by people in Profiles.
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Lischinsky JE, Sokolowski K, Li P, Esumi S, Kamal Y, Goodrich M, Oboti L, Hammond TR, Krishnamoorthy M, Feldman D, Huntsman M, Liu J, Corbin JG. Embryonic transcription factor expression in mice predicts medial amygdala neuronal identity and sex-specific responses to innate behavioral cues. Elife. 2017 03 13; 6.
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Sokolowski K, Esumi S, Hirata T, Kamal Y, Tran T, Lam A, Oboti L, Brighthaupt SC, Zaghlula M, Martinez J, Ghimbovschi S, Knoblach S, Pierani A, Tamamaki N, Shah NM, Jones KS, Corbin JG. Specification of select hypothalamic circuits and innate behaviors by the embryonic patterning gene dbx1. Neuron. 2015 Apr 22; 86(2):403-16.
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