- The
brainstem (or
brain stem) is the
posterior stalk-like part of the
brain that
connects the
cerebrum with the
spinal cord. In the
human brain the brainstem...
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Brainstem death is a
clinical syndrome defined by the
absence of
reflexes with
pathways through the
brainstem – the "stalk" of the brain,
which connects...
- A
brainstem glioma is a
cancerous glioma tumor in the
brainstem.
Around 75% are
diagnosed in
children and
young adults under the age of twenty, but have...
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Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis is a rare
inflammatory disorder of the
central nervous system,
first described by
Edwin Bickerstaff in 1951. It may...
- neuroanatomy, the
medullary pyramids are
paired white matter structures of the
brainstem's medulla oblongata that
contain motor fibers of the
corticospinal and...
- The
reticular formation is a set of
interconnected nuclei in the
brainstem that
spans from the
lower end of the
medulla oblongata to the
upper end of...
-
auditory brainstem response (ABR), also
called brainstem evoked response audiometry (BERA) or
brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEPs) or
brainstem auditory...
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comprises the
central nervous system. It
consists of the cerebrum, the
brainstem and the cerebellum. The
brain controls most of the
activities of the body...
- layer—and by the
reticular activating system (RAS), a
structure in the
brainstem. The term 'coma', from the Gr**** κῶμα koma,
meaning deep sleep, had already...
- The pons (from
Latin pons, "bridge") is part of the
brainstem that in
humans and
other mammals, lies
inferior to the midbrain,
superior to the medulla...
