mesencephalon

It has also been understood for some time that the functions of these and several other primary reflex centers are integrated in the mesencephalon, that is, the grey matter, grouped in several nuclei, which is located below the hemispheres of the cerebrum, in immediate proximity to the hypophysis, which exercises a regulating influence on a great many vegetative functions.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1949 - Presentation Speech 1964

For reasons of its own, evolution allowed mammalian energy to hold sway, and the recently developed human midbrain or mesencephalon, which had folded over the old diencephalon, could be accurately labeled a mammal brain.

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A broad layer of nerve-containing grey matter found bilaterally throughout the mesencephalon, or upper brain stem.

Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

A broad layer of nerve-containing grey matter found bilaterally throughout the mesencephalon, or upper brain stem.

Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991

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 1918

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 1918

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 1918

A few fibers of the medullary stria are said to pass by the habenular nucleus to the roof of the mid-brain, especially the superior colliculus, while a few others come into relation with the posterior longitudinal bundle and association tracts of the mesencephalon.

IX. Neurology. 4e. Composition and Central Connections of the Spinal Nerves 1918

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 1918

The parts of mid-brain (mesencephalon) will be easily recognised.

Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata 1906