"Anisotropy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A physical property showing different values in relation to the direction in or along which the measurement is made. The physical property may be with regard to thermal or electric conductivity or light refraction. In crystallography, it describes crystals whose index of refraction varies with the direction of the incident light. It is also called acolotropy and colotropy. The opposite of anisotropy is isotropy wherein the same values characterize the object when measured along axes in all directions.
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D016880
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G01.590.040 G02.050
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| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anisotropy" by people in Profiles.
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Anisotropic diffuse growth in Arabidopsis thaliana stigma papillae. Plant Reprod. 2025 Jun 04; 38(2):13.
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White matter alterations associated with lifetime and current depression in adolescents: Evidence for cingulum disruptions. Depress Anxiety. 2022 12; 39(12):881-890.
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Benchtop characterization of the tricuspid valve leaflet pre-strains. Acta Biomater. 2022 10 15; 152:321-334.
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Regional White Matter Scaling in the Human Brain. J Neurosci. 2021 08 18; 41(33):7015-7028.
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A pilot study on biaxial mechanical, collagen microstructural, and morphological characterizations of a resected human intracranial aneurysm tissue. Sci Rep. 2021 02 10; 11(1):3525.
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Replicable association between human cytomegalovirus infection and reduced white matter fractional anisotropy in major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 04; 46(5):928-938.
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Quantification of load-dependent changes in the collagen fiber architecture for the strut chordae tendineae-leaflet insertion of porcine atrioventricular heart valves. Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2021 Feb; 20(1):223-241.
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Neurostructural Heterogeneity in Youths With Internalizing Symptoms. Biol Psychiatry. 2020 03 01; 87(5):473-482.
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Structural white matter alterations in male adults with high functioning autism spectrum disorder and concurrent depressive symptoms; a diffusion tensor imaging study. J Affect Disord. 2019 12 01; 259:40-46.
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An investigation of layer-specific tissue biomechanics of porcine atrioventricular valve anterior leaflets. Acta Biomater. 2019 09 15; 96:368-384.