"Elephants" 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.
Large mammals in the family Elephantidae, with columnar limbs, bulky bodies, and elongated snouts. They are the only surviving members of the PROBOSCIDEA MAMMALS.
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.649.833.249
Concept/Terms
African Elephants- African Elephants
- African Elephant
- Elephant, African
- Elephants, African
- Loxodonta
Asiatic Elephants- Asiatic Elephants
- Asiatic Elephant
- Elephant, Asiatic
- Elephants, Asiatic
- Elephas maximus
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Elephants" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Elephants" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2007 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephants" by people in Profiles.
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Blind physicians and the elephant: "Reality is one, although wise physicians speak of it variously". Fertil Steril. 2023 03; 119(3):375-376.
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Seeing the entire elephant: The challenges of frailty assessment for peripheral artery disease. Vasc Med. 2022 06; 27(3):258-260.
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Age-based variation in calf independence, social behavior and play in a captive population of African elephant calves. Zoo Biol. 2021 Sep; 40(5):376-385.
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The VetMAX™ M. tuberculosis complex PCR kit detects MTBC DNA in antemortem and postmortem samples from white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and African buffaloes (Syncerus caffer). BMC Vet Res. 2020 Jun 29; 16(1):220.
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Mechanisms of cancer resistance in long-lived mammals. Nat Rev Cancer. 2018 07; 18(7):433-441.
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A comprehensive genomic history of extinct and living elephants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 03 13; 115(11):E2566-E2574.
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Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution. Elife. 2017 06 06; 6.
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Africa's jungle and the arch: Of elephants and CHIMPS. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 10; 152(4):958-9.
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Great Ears: Low-Frequency Sensitivity Correlates in Land and Marine Leviathans. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016; 875:529-38.
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Schizophrenia, "Just the Facts" 6. Moving ahead with the schizophrenia concept: from the elephant to the mouse. Schizophr Res. 2011 Apr; 127(1-3):3-13.