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Cerebral aqueduct

Known as: Aqueductus mesencephali, Cerebral Aqueducts, Aqueducts, Sylvian 
Narrow channel in the MESENCEPHALON that connects the third and fourth CEREBRAL VENTRICLES.
National Institutes of Health

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15 relations

Broader (2)

AqueductTegmentum Mesencephali

Narrower (3)

Baker Vinters syndromeSeow Najjar syndromeX-linked hydrocephalus syndrome
Blood supply aspectsCerebral VentriclesCerebral VentriculographyFourth ventricle structure

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
The large vestibular aqueduct syndrome
The radiographic observation of 50 patients, each having an enlarged (greater than 1.5 mm. diameter) vestibular aqueduct, are… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials in alpha-motoneurons produced during fictive locomotion by stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region.
We tested the hypothesis that stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) activates polysynaptic pathways that… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Synaptic transmission from muscle afferents during fictive locomotion in the mesencephalic cat.
Modulation of synaptic potentials produced by electrical stimulation of low-threshold muscle afferents in lumbar alpha… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Diagnosis of hydrocephalus by CSF pulse-wave analysis: a clinical study.
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Analgesia produced by microinjection of baclofen and morphine at brain stem sites.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Analgesia and hyperreactivity produced by intracranial microinjections of morphine into the periaqueductal gray matter of the rat.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The Vestibular Aqueduct and the Para-Vestibular Canal
Advanced oto-surgery in cases of Meniere's disease has initiated preoperative tomography of the temporal bone (CLEMIS & VALVAS… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
The cochlear aqueduct and the pressure of cerebrospinal and endolabyrinthine fluids.
Cerebrospinal fluid pressure changes are reflected in perilymph via the cochlear aqueduct and are passed on to the endolymph… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Convergence of labyrinthine influences on units in the vestibular nuclei of the cat. I. Natural stimulation.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Induction of both emotional behavior and a novel form of REM sleep by chemical stimulation applied to cat mesencephalon.
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