Posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous.
The lowest part of the brain which is continuous with the spinal cord. It comprises the medulla oblongata, midbrain and pons.
1Hydrocephalus was observed in 5 cases and brain stem invasion in four.
2The drug might take half an hour to reach the brain stem.
3That bruise is in the exact spot necessary to transect the brain stem.
4Glycine is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the spinal cord and brain stem.
5It's growing at the base of his brain stem, and it's not curable.
6Patchy demyelinated foci were found in the cerebellum, brain stem and spinal cord.
7With a forceful twist of the knife, Rapp shredded the fragile brain stem.
8Yet his mouth still watered, and deep within his brain stem something quickened.
9The worst of her injury seemed to be located in the brain stem.
10I felt it in my brain stem, my cortex, my goddamn pineal gland.
11The brain stem is no longer functioning, there is no chance of meaningful recovery.
12It affects the brain stem and has left him quadriplegic and without motor function.
13But he must've missed her brain stem, because nothing happened.
14Motor neurons are large cholinergic neurons located in the brain stem and spinal cord.
15Small entry wound made by a .22-caliber slug, severed brain stem, no exit wound.
16Then my higher centers caught up with my brain stem.
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