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medulla
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medulla: see brain stem brain stem, lower part of the brain , adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord. The upper segment of the human brain stem, the pons, contains nerve fibers that connect the two halves of the cerebellum .
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In female rats, there was a positive trend in the occurrence of benign or malignant pheochromocytomas (mainly benign) of the adrenal medulla, but this equivocal result could not be attributed with confidence to exposure to 2-butoxyethanol.
Stimulation of the SNS results in sympathetic nerve discharge and subsequent release of norepinephrine from peripheral nerve endings and epinephrine from the adrenal medulla.
Open microsurgical autograft of adrenal medulla to the right caudate nucleus in two patients with intractable Parkinson's disease.
 
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