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Brain Stem
Known as:
Brain Stems
, Truncus encephali
, Truncus Cerebri
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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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National Institutes of Health
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain
T. Singer
,
B. Seymour
,
J. O'Doherty
,
H. Kaube
,
R. Dolan
,
C. Frith
Science
2004
Corpus ID: 14727944
Our ability to have an experience of another's pain is characteristic of empathy. Using functional imaging, we assessed brain…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Staging of brain pathology related to sporadic Parkinson’s disease
H. Braak
,
K. Tredici
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U. Rüb
,
R. Vos
,
E. Steur
,
E. Braak
Neurobiology of Aging
2003
Corpus ID: 22798538
Review
2002
Review
2002
Brain–computer interfaces for communication and control
J. Wolpaw
,
N. Birbaumer
,
D. McFarland
,
G. Pfurtscheller
,
T. Vaughan
Clinical Neurophysiology
2002
Corpus ID: 17571592
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Ghrelin induces adiposity in rodents
M. Tschöp
,
D. Smiley
,
M. Heiman
Nature
2000
Corpus ID: 4564644
The discovery of the peptide hormone ghrelin, an endogenous ligand for the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptor, yielded…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The hypocretins: hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity.
L. de Lecea
,
T. Kilduff
,
+12 authors
J. Sutcliffe
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1998
Corpus ID: 8187084
We describe a hypothalamus-specific mRNA that encodes preprohypocretin, the putative precursor of a pair of peptides that share…
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Brain stem activation in spontaneous human migraine attacks
C. Weiller
,
A. May
,
+5 authors
H. C. Dlener
Nature Medicine
1995
Corpus ID: 20878130
Evidence from animal experiments shows that the brain stem is involved in the pathophysiology of migraine. To investigate human…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
D. Rosen
,
T. Siddique
,
+30 authors
Robert H. Brown
Nature
1993
Corpus ID: 265436
AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the cortex, brainstem and spinal cord1,2. Its…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
The Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates
G. Paxinos
,
Charles Watson
1983
Corpus ID: 86211914
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis
J. Kurtzke
Neurology
1983
Corpus ID: 34222883
One method of evaluating the degree of neurologic impairment in MS has been the combination of grades (0 = normal to 5 or 6…
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Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
Brain stem reticular formation and activation of the EEG.
G. Moruzzi
,
H. Magoun
Electroencephalography and clinical…
1949
Corpus ID: 4558785
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