NOUN
- the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus
How To Use brainstem In A Sentence
- By contrast, reduced activation in the mesencephalic brainstem and the thalamus was noted to be exclusively associated with mental relaxation.
- This is due to immaturity of brainstem control of central respiratory drive.
- Damage to a visual area in the brainstem, the superior colliculus, had the reverse effect.
- Some afferent fibres from the epiglottis, palate and pharynx also reach the brainstem via the vagus nerve.
- If an excitatory input, associated with hypoxia, was received by the respiratory motor centers in the brainstem, an increase in respiratory activity should have resulted.
- Auditory neuropathy, or dyssynchrony, is defined by an abnormal or absent auditory brainstem response but intact otoacoustic emissions or cochlear microphonics.
- Rarely, vertigo results from a brainstem cerebrovascular accident, intracranial lesion, or migraine.
- Inflammation is commonly present in the basal ganglia, brainstem, spinal cord, and dorsal root ganglia and is composed of a perivascular lymphocytic infiltrate with accompanying glial reaction.
- The brainstem has been cut through the inferior colliculi and the decussation of the superior cerebellar peduncles.
- Careful prospective and controlled studies of autonomic function will clarify the roles of the cortex and the brainstem in the generation and expression of seizures.