"Cats" 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.
The domestic cat, Felis catus, of the carnivore family FELIDAE, comprising over 30 different breeds. The domestic cat is descended primarily from the wild cat of Africa and extreme southwestern Asia. Though probably present in towns in Palestine as long ago as 7000 years, actual domestication occurred in Egypt about 4000 years ago. (From Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th ed, p801)
MeSH Number(s)
B01.050.150.900.649.147.354.250.125
Concept/Terms
Cats- Cats
- Cat
- Felis sylvestris catus
- Felis domesticus
- Domestic Cats
- Cat, Domestic
- Cats, Domestic
- Domestic Cat
- Felis catus
- Felis domestica
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cats" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Cats" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1994 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
1995 | 3 | 11 | 14 |
1996 | 4 | 24 | 28 |
1997 | 6 | 19 | 25 |
1998 | 2 | 21 | 23 |
1999 | 3 | 24 | 27 |
2000 | 2 | 23 | 25 |
2001 | 1 | 15 | 16 |
2002 | 2 | 21 | 23 |
2003 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
2004 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
2005 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
2006 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2007 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
2008 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
2009 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
2010 | 1 | 14 | 15 |
2011 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2012 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
2013 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
2014 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2015 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2016 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
2017 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
2018 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
2019 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
2021 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cats" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of dog and/or cat ownership on functional constipation at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children's study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 11 23; 23(1):595.
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Durable contraception in the female domestic cat using viral-vectored delivery of a feline anti-Müllerian hormone transgene. Nat Commun. 2023 06 06; 14(1):3140.
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Feline Leukemia Virus Frequently Spills Over from Domestic Cats to North American Pumas. J Virol. 2022 12 14; 96(23):e0120122.
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Associations of early-life pet ownership with asthma and allergic sensitization: A meta-analysis of more than 77,000 children from the EU Child Cohort Network. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2022 07; 150(1):82-92.
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Cortical layer-specific differences in stimulus selectivity revealed with high-field fMRI and single-vessel resolution optical imaging of the primary visual cortex. Neuroimage. 2022 05 01; 251:118978.
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Severe SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Cat with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Viruses. 2021 07 31; 13(8).
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A Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART) study of medication and CBT sequencing in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. BMC Psychiatry. 2021 06 30; 21(1):323.
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Case 11-2021: A 39-Year-Old Woman with Fever, Flank Pain, and Inguinal Lymphadenopathy. N Engl J Med. 2021 Apr 15; 384(15):1448-1456.
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Prevalence and new genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sheltered dogs and cats in Sichuan province, southwestern China. Parasite. 2021; 28:31.
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Analysis of extracellular spike waveforms and associated receptive fields of neurons in cat primary visual cortex. J Physiol. 2021 04; 599(8):2211-2238.