mesencephalon

NOUN
  1. the middle portion of the brain
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  • The parts of mid-brain (mesencephalon) will be easily recognised. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata
  • The mid-brain or mesencephalon (Fig. 681) is the short, constricted portion which connects the pons and cerebellum with the thalamencephalon and cerebral hemispheres. IX. Neurology. 4b. The Mid-brain or Mesencephalon
  • In its early embryonic condition it consists of three hollow vesicles, termed the hind-brain or rhombencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the fore-brain or prosencephalon; and the parts derived from each of these can be recognized in the adult (Fig. 677). IX. Neurology. 4. The Brain or Encephalon
  • These are marked off from each other by intervening constrictions, and are named the fore-brain or prosencephalon, the mid-brain or mesencephalon, and the hind-brain or rhombencephalon—the last being continuous with the medulla spinalis. IX. Neurology. 2. Development of the Nervous System
  • The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18). I. Embryology. 6. The Neural Groove and Tube
  • The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18). I. Embryology. 6. The Neural Groove and Tube
  • A broad layer of nerve-containing grey matter found bilaterally throughout the mesencephalon, or upper brain stem. Alcohol and The Addictive Brain
  • The cephalic end of the neural groove exhibits several dilatations, which, when the tube is closed, assume the form of three vesicles; these constitute the three primary cerebral vesicles, and correspond respectively to the future fore-brain (prosencephalon), mid-brain (mesencephalon), and hind-brain (rhombencephalon) (Fig. 18). I. Embryology. 6. The Neural Groove and Tube
  • Stimuli are thought to pass along the intercostal nerves to the posterior column of the spinal cord, to the mesencephalon, and finally to the hypothalamus, where the secretion of prolactin inhibitory factor is reduced.
  • The GnRH forms not found in the POA are expressed in two other distinct cell groups, one located in the terminal nerve region, the other in the mesencephalon.
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