"Rhombencephalon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The posterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of an embryonic brain. It consists of myelencephalon, metencephalon, and isthmus rhombencephali from which develop the major BRAIN STEM components, such as MEDULLA OBLONGATA from the myelencephalon, CEREBELLUM and PONS from the metencephalon, with the expanded cavity forming the FOURTH VENTRICLE.
| Descriptor ID |
D012249
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhombencephalon- Rhombencephalon
- Rhombencephalons
- Hind Brain
- Brain, Hind
- Brains, Hind
- Hind Brains
- Hindbrain
- Hindbrains
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhombencephalon" by people in Profiles.
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Endogenous hindbrain glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor activation contributes to the control of food intake by mediating gastric satiation signaling. Endocrinology. 2009 Jun; 150(6):2654-9.
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Intraoperative ultrasonography as a guide to patient selection for duraplasty after suboccipital decompression in children with Chiari malformation Type I. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Jul; 2(1):52-7.
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Outcome of Chiari-associated syringomyelia after hindbrain decompression in children: analysis of 49 consecutive cases. Neurosurgery. 2008 Jun; 62(6):1307-13; discussion 1313.
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Suboccipital decompression for Chiari malformation-associated scoliosis: risk factors and time course of deformity progression. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2008 Jun; 1(6):456-60.
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Correlation of hindbrain CSF flow and outcome after surgical decompression for Chiari I malformation. Childs Nerv Syst. 2008 Jul; 24(7):833-40.