"Grooming" 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.
An animal's cleaning and caring for the body surface. This includes preening, the cleaning and oiling of feathers with the bill or of hair with the tongue.
| Descriptor ID |
D006120
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.111.453
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Grooming" by people in Profiles.
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Energy balance but not competitive environment corresponds with allostatic load during development in an Old World monkey. Horm Behav. 2020 03; 119:104664.
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A carbohydrate-rich diet increases social immunity in ants. Proc Biol Sci. 2014 Mar 07; 281(1778):20132374.
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Jejunal intussusception and small bowel transmural infarction in a baboon (Papio hamadryas anubis). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2006 Mar; 45(2):41-4.
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Barbering in mice: a model for trichotillomania. BMJ. 2005 Dec 24; 331(7531):1503-5.
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Orexins: effects on behavior and localisation of orexin receptor 2 messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat brainstem. Brain Res. 2001 Jul 13; 907(1-2):27-34.