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brainstem [′brān‚stem] (anatomy) The portion of the brain remaining after the cerebral hemispheres and cerebellum have been removed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| BSE] in the brainstems of cattle with a sensitivity similar to that of the infectivity levels determined by end-point titration in Tg(BoPrP) mice (34) possibly offers prospects for more sensitive detection of disease-related PrP as a proxy for infectivity bioassay. The brainstems from nicotine-exposed pups had far more of these GABA receptors than the tissue from saline-exposed rats did. The investigators studied the brainstems of five infants who had died of natural causes other than SIDS. |
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