"Nicotine" 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.
Nicotine is highly toxic alkaloid. It is the prototypical agonist at nicotinic cholinergic receptors where it dramatically stimulates neurons and ultimately blocks synaptic transmission. Nicotine is also important medically because of its presence in tobacco smoke.
| Descriptor ID |
D009538
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.760.570 D03.383.725.518
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| Concept/Terms |
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 20 | 2 | 22 |
| 2017 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2020 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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