Vi fant 2 definisjoner av mesencephalon på engelsk.
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| mesencephalon - the middle portion of the brain | ||
| midbrain | ||
| neural structure a structure that is part of the nervous system | ||
| encephalon, brain that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | ||
| locus niger, nucleus niger, substantia nigra a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease | ||
| superior colliculus an essential visual center between the retina and the striate cortex | ||
