Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The portion of the vertebrate brain that develops from the middle section of the embryonic brain.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mesencephalon. See cuts under
encephalon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See
brain .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A part of the brain located
rostral to thepons andcaudal to thethalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of thetectum (dorsal portion) and thetegmentum (ventral portion).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the middle portion of the brain
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Strong responses to near-wins were detected in the midbrain, which is packed with dopamine-releasing brain cells and is an area associated with addiction.
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We are creating the world's most trusted encyclopedia and knowledge base. log in, you'll be able to edit this page instantly! mesencephalon (also called midbrain) tectum mesencephali (dorsal)
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Insets show the rescue of brain parts such as midbrain-hindbrain boundary (arrow) in the embryos coinjected with rp l11mRNA, but not in GFP mRNA-coinjected embryos.
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Lateral view.]] mesencephalon (also called midbrain) tectum mesencephali (dorsal)
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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If one of the underdog candidates like Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, or Jon Huntsman wins, the midbrain dopamine system will light up and provide us with the unpleasant sensation of a prediction gone wrong.
Michael Taft: The GOP Primary: A Predictable Storm Michael Taft 2012
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If one of the underdog candidates like Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, or Jon Huntsman wins, the midbrain dopamine system will light up and provide us with the unpleasant sensation of a prediction gone wrong.
Michael Taft: The GOP Primary: A Predictable Storm Michael Taft 2012
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Normally, sensors in the midbrain, called autoreceptors, keep dopamine at the right level.
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In the obese women, the images triggered a strong response in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a tiny spot in the midbrain where dopamine, the "desire chemical," is released.
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As expected, wins activated the reward pathways in the region called the midbrain.
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BRUMFIEL: Dopamine is produced by neurons in the midbrain.
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