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Brain Stem

Known as: Brain Stems, Truncus encephali, Truncus Cerebri 
The part of the brain that connects the cerebral hemispheres with the spinal cord. It consists of the mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata… 
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Fetal and adolescent nicotine administration: effects on CNS serotonergic systems
Review
2000
Review
2000
Three-dimensional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: the University of California-San Francisco experience.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Classical conditioning of the eyeblink reflex in the decerebrate-decerebellate rabbit
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Hyperglycemia enlarges infarct size in cerebrovascular occlusion in cats.
We investigated the influence of serum glucose concentration on infarct size following middle cerebral artery occlusion in cats… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Blood pressure and heart rate responses to microinjection of vasopressin into the nucleus tractus solitarius region of the rat
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP): Brain distribution, subcellular localization and effect of deafferentation of the hypothalamus in male rats
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Changes in Central Catecholaminergic Neurons in the Spontaneously (Genetic) Hypertensive Rat
Catecholamines and catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes have been examined in specific brain areas during the development of… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Differential localization of N-acetylated indolealkylamines in CNS and the Harderian gland using immunohistology
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Action of fenfluramine on monoamine stores of rat tissues
1 Fenfluramine is an anorexogenic agent used clinically because it is devoid of central stimulatory effects. 2 In rats… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Studies on central and peripheral noradrenaline neurons using a new dopamine-(beta)-hydroxylase inhibitor.
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