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.

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Stereotyped patterns of response, characteristic of a given species, that have been phylogenetically adapted to a specific type of situation.

Descriptor ID

D007323

MeSH Number(s)

F01.658.642

Concept/Terms

Instinct

Fixed Action Pattern

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Motivation [F01.658]
Instinct [F01.658.642]

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Bar chart showing 7 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2001 and 2011 and 2015 and 2016 and 2017 and 2019 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2011	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2022	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Instinct" by people in Profiles.

Against Our Instincts: Decriminalization of Buprenorphine. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 Mar-Apr; 35(2):394-397.

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Contribution of individual olfactory receptors to odor-induced attractive or aversive behavior in mice. Nat Commun. 2019 01 14; 10(1):209.

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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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A specific area of olfactory cortex involved in stress hormone responses to predator odours. Nature. 2016 Apr 07; 532(7597):103-6.

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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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Relation of addiction genes to hypothalamic gene changes subserving genesis and gratification of a classic instinct, sodium appetite. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jul 26; 108(30):12509-14.

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Précis of 'The Origin of Concepts'. Behav Brain Sci. 2011 Jun; 34(3):113-24; discussion 124-62.

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Flexibility of motor pattern generation across stimulation conditions by the neonatal rat spinal cord. J Neurophysiol. 2010 Mar; 103(3):1580-90.

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Neuropharmacology. Odorants may arouse instinctive behaviours. Nature. 2001 Jul 12; 412(6843):142.

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Dimensions of emotionality in a rat model of innate anxiety. Behav Neurosci. 2001 Apr; 115(2):429-36.

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