Definisjon av midbrain

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Noun

midbrain - the middle portion of the brain
mesencephalon
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
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Substantiv

midbrain - A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum dorsal portion and the tegmentum ventral portion.

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