"Dreams" 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.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep which are dissociated from the usual stream of consciousness of the waking state.
MeSH Number(s)
F02.463.188.634.309
F02.830.855.268
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Dreams".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Dreams".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dreams" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Dreams" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Dreams" by people in Profiles.
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Targeted dream incubation at sleep onset increases post-sleep creative performance. Sci Rep. 2023 05 15; 13(1):7319.
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The next step in understanding the function of dreams. Sleep. 2023 04 12; 46(4).
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The "preexisting condition" invention in American health care: The persistence of a potential insurance nightmare: In this first part of a two-part series, the uniquely American business model of private health insurance has excluded millions for reasons that have little to do with medicine or biology; the potential return of such exclusions could threaten some of medicine's biggest goals: In this first part of a two-part series, the uniquely American business model of private health insurance has excluded millions for reasons that have little to do with medicine or biology; the potential return of such exclusions could threaten some of medicine's biggest goals. Cancer Cytopathol. 2023 03; 131(3):149-150.
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An evidence-based approach to psychopharmacology for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - 2022 update. Psychiatry Res. 2022 Nov; 317:114840.
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Structural covariance of the ventral visual stream predicts posttraumatic intrusion and nightmare symptoms: a multivariate data fusion analysis. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 08 08; 12(1):321.
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Addicted to dreaming. Science. 2022 03 04; 375(6584):972-973.
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Pick a Nice Dream. Anesth Analg. 2021 10 01; 133(4):1071.
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Autonomic activity, posttraumatic and nontraumatic nightmares, and PTSD after trauma exposure. Psychol Med. 2023 02; 53(3):731-740.
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Sleep: Opening a portal to the dreaming brain. Curr Biol. 2021 04 12; 31(7):R352-R353.
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Treatment of comorbid sleep disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder in active duty military: Design and methodology of a randomized clinical trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 12; 99:106186.