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Midbrain structure

Known as: Midbrains, Mesencephalons, mesencephalic 
The middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. Without further subdivision, midbrain develops into a short, constricted… 
National Institutes of Health

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Blood supply aspectsBody partBrain StemCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

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Brainhindbrain

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Corpora quadrigemina, superior colliculusInferior ColliculusInterpeduncular nucleusOculomotor nucleus

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Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cerebral blood flow and experimental intraventricular hemorrhage.
We evaluated the effects of acute hypovolemic hypotension followed by rapid, corrective blood infusion upon sequential regional… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A micromass culture method for rat embryonic neural cells.
A method of culturing early (13-day) rat embryo neural cells is described. Undifferentiated neural epithelium is disaggregated… 
1983
1983
Stereotactic aspiration of a brain stem hematoma.
A medical student developed a progressive mesencephalic lesion found to be cystic in nature by computed tomographic (CT) scanning… 
1978
1978
Computer-assisted stereotactic brain operations by means including computerized axial tomography.
With a computerized program system for stereotactic brain operations it becomes possible for the first time to react even before… 
1977
1977
PATHOGENESIS OF THE ARNOLD‐CHIARI MALFORMATION: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HYDROCEPHALUS AND AQUEDUCT STENOSIS
In 24 cases of spina bifida, correlations were made comparing the degree of hydrocephalus with the cross-sectional area of the… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Neuroanatomic projections related to biting attack elicited from ventral midbrain in cats.
A single electrode was implanted in each of ten cats at a point in the ventral midbrain from which nonaffective biting attack on… 
1976
1976
Is drug inhibition of dopamine uptake a misinterpretation of in vitro experiments?
COYLE and Snyder1 reported that various antiparkinson drugs inhibit the uptake of labelled dopamine (DA) into striatal… 
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… 
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
INFANTILE SUBACUTE NECROTIZING EXCEPHALOPATHY WITH PREDILECTION FOR THE BRAIN STEM
Much progress has been made during the past quarter century in the clarifi­ cation of the diseases encountered in the brains of… 
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Two pathways from brain stem to gamma ventral horn cells.
Summary. Spikes in single muscle spindle afferents from the dorsal roots (cat, rabbit) or individual gamma efferents from the… 
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