 Medulla Oblongata
"Medulla Oblongata" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lower portion of the BRAIN STEM. It is inferior to the PONS and anterior to the CEREBELLUM. Medulla oblongata serves as a relay station between the brain and the spinal cord, and contains centers for regulating respiratory, vasomotor, cardiac, and reflex activities.
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D008526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810.591.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Nucleus Ambiguus- Nucleus Ambiguus
- Ambiguus, Nucleus
- Ambiguous Nucleus
- Nucleus, Ambiguous
Accessory Cuneate Nucleus- Accessory Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Accessory
- Nucleus, Accessory Cuneate
- Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Lateral
- Nucleus, Lateral Cuneate
- External Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, External
- Nucleus, External Cuneate
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| 1981 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1983 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medulla Oblongata" by people in Profiles.
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Dragomir A, Akay YM, Curran A, Akay M. Complexity measures of the central respiratory networks during wakefulness and sleep in piglets. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007; 2007:5429-30.
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Daniels SK, Foundas AL. Lesion localization in acute stroke patients with risk of aspiration. J Neuroimaging. 1999 Apr; 9(2):91-8.
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Kosten T, Contreras RJ. Deficits in conditioned heart rate and taste aversion in area postrema-lesioned rats. Behav Brain Res. 1989 Oct 01; 35(1):9-21.
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Augustine SJ, Tachikawa S, Lokhandwala MF, Buckley JP. Central alpha-adrenergic control of blood pressure. Effects of clonidine withdrawal. Chest. 1983 Feb; 83(2 Suppl):328-31.
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Barrett RJ, Lokhandwala MF. Circulatory and vestibular implications of central angiotensin mechanisms in physiological adaptation to weightlessness. Med Hypotheses. 1981 Dec; 7(12):1415-9.
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