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Decussation

Known as: Chiasm, Decussatio, Raphe 
Anatomical junction in which two or more anatomical structures intermingle segments of their component parts. Examples: commissure, raphe
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Anococcygeal bodyCommissureFrenulum of labia minoraLinea alba
raphe nuclei

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2008
2008
Visual sense : a cultural reader
Illustrations Acknowledgements Quote: Merleau-Ponty 1. Introduction 2. Labyrinth 2.1. Section Introduction 2.2. Merleau-Ponty… 
1980
1980
Metrizamide cisternography in pituitary and juxtapituitary lesions.
Seventy-five suprasellar metrizamide cisternograms were obtained, 25 in normal individuals who had had cervical myelography and… 
1979
1979
Participation of serotonin in thyrotropin release. II. Evidence for the action of serotonin on the phasic release of thyrotropin.
During a 12-h light 12-h dark schedule (lights off at 1900 h), male Sprague-Dawley rats show a circadian rhythm of plasma TSH… 
1974
1974
Epithelial nests in intraoral sensory nerve endings simulating perineural invasion in patients with oral carcinoma.
Encapsulated structures composed of sheets of squamous cells adjacent to axons and small nerves were found close to the medial… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Hyperdipsia after serotonin-depleting midbrain lesions.
VISUALIZATION of brain monoamines by histochemical fluorescence reveals that almost all forebrain serotonin (5-hydroxy-tryptamine… 
1971
1971
The role played by the preoptic region and the hypothalamus in spontaneous ovulation and ovulation induced by progesterone.
In female rats, cuts were made with the use of the Halasz technique around the preoptic area, leaving the connections between the… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Delayed radiation necrosis of the hypothalamus. Report of a case simulating recurrent craniopharyngioma.
RADIATION therapy for intracranial neoplasms occasionally evokes necrosis of the brain.1,2The neurological deficits due to… 
1968
1968
Estrogen receptors in the intact rat.
A number of investigators have published data supporting the concept of specific binding sites (receptors of limited capacity… 
1965
1965
Central pontine myelinolysis in a 7-year-old boy
In 1959, Adams, Victor, and Mancall reported four cases of a hitherto undescribed condition: a demyelinating process in the… 
1964
1964
ANTIDIURETIC RESPONSE TO ELECTRICAL STIMULATION IN BRAIN STEM OF THE MONKEY.
Antidiuretic hormone release was produced in conscious monkeys by electrical excitation of certain regions in the brain stem. The…