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MeSH Heading: Head Movements
Tree Number(s): G11.427.410.478
Unique ID: D019416
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019416
Annotation: note HEAD BANGING see STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR
Scope Note: Voluntary or involuntary motion of head that may be relative to or independent of body; includes animals and humans.
Previous Indexing: Movement (1966-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Date Introduced: 1997/01/01
Last Updated: 2016/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Head Movements MeSH Descriptor Data 2026