Definitions

1. The hindbrain is made of the cerebellum, pons and medulla. (Web site)
2. The hindbrain (Figure 27) is composed of the pons, the medulla oblongata, and the cerebellum. (Web site)
3. Also in the hindbrain, the cerebellum controls balance. (Web site)

Lumsden

1. Jessell TM, Lumsden A (1997) Inductive signals and the assignment of cell fate in the spinal cord and hindbrain.

Presumptive Hindbrain

1. In the presumptive hindbrain and spinal cord, dorsal development is largely Shh independent. (Web site)

Three Distinct Regions

1. It consists of three distinct regions: the hindbrain, the midbrain, and the forebrain.

Gli2

1. Mutations in the Gli2 protein causes more severe damage in the ventral patterning of the hindbrain than that of the spinal cord. (Web site)
2. Gli2 and Gli3 in a developing hindbrain also have distinct functions in the Shh (sonic hedgehog) signal transduction. (Web site)

Embryonic Hindbrain

1. This distinctive part of the brain is derived from the rhombic lips, thickenings along the margins of the embryonic hindbrain.
2. The rhombencephalon is the embryonic hindbrain. (Web site)

Approximately

1. The midbrain sits between the forebrain and the hindbrain and is approximately 2 cm long. (Web site)

Leading

1. Hindbrain malformations are the leading cause of syringomyelia.

Rise

1. These "reticular" grey matter areas in the hindbrain (and midbrain) give rise to descending reticulo-spinal tracts, which help to regulate muscle tone.
2. Precursor cells farther away from the ventral midline give rise to sensory neurons within the spinal cord and hindbrain.
3. The anterior part of the embryonic hindbrain, which gives rise to the cerebellum and pons. (Web site)

Contrast

1. In contrast, the mutant embryos fail to complete neural tube closure in the midbrain and hindbrain.
2. In marked contrast, antecedent glucoprivation localized to a caudal hindbrain glucose sensing site did not impair hypoglycemia CRRs.

Balance

1. Also located in the hindbrain is the cerebellum, which controls balance. (Web site)

Connections

1. The midbrain consists of connections between the hindbrain and forebrain.

Motor

1. The motor or efferent nerves arise as outgrowths of the neuroblasts situated in the basal laminæ of the mid- and hindbrain. (Web site)

Expression

1. No detectable expression in the dorsal part of the neural tube was observed rostral to the hindbrain. (Web site)
2. At later stages, expression of all zebrafish barhl shows large extent of overlap in the pretectum, tectum and dorsal hindbrain. (Web site)

Development

1. Interestingly, these same studies suggest that NRG1 and ErbB2 may play a different role than ErbB4 in the development of the hindbrain. (Web site)

Critical

1. The Pax transcription factors and the paracrine factor FGF8 are critical in establishing the boundaries of the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. (Web site)

Forms

1. Later on in development, rhombomeres form the rhombocephalon, which forms the hindbrain in vertebrates. (Web site)

Fig

1. Considering both the high level of PACAP receptor gene expression in the dorsal hindbrain and spinal cord (Fig. (Web site)

Structures

1. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures.

Motor Neurons

1. Motor neurons produced in the hindbrain have Tbx20 selectively expressed. (Web site)
2. From this one can conclude that multiple subclasses of motor neurons are produced in specific locations in the developing hindbrain. (Web site)

Neurons

1. Studies have shown that the number of neurons in the hindbrain increase as a species evolves. (Web site)

Hypothalamus

1. The hypothalamus and hindbrain are both critical for sensing hypoglycemia and triggering CRRs. (Web site)

Ventricles

1. Within the midbrain a narrow aqueduct connects ventricles in the forebrain to the hindbrain.

Midline

1. Vestibuloacoustic cells migrate along the midline at r4 contralaterally in the hindbrain. (Web site)

Front End

1. At the front end, the ventricles and cord swell to form three vesicles that are the precursors of the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.

Structure

1. The cerebellum attaches to the hindbrain in a structure called the pons. (Web site)

Occipital Lobe

1. The cerebellum is located in the inferior posterior portion of the head (the hindbrain), directly dorsal to the pons, and inferior to the occipital lobe.

Embryo

1. As an embryo develops, these vesicles begin to differentiate into subdivisions which are commonly called the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.

Neural Crest Cells

1. Vagal (hindbrain) neural crest cells migrate rostrocaudally in the gut to establish the enteric nervous system. (Web site)

Cells

1. Moreover, when transplanted into the ectopic environment of the presumptive hindbrain, these cells still pursue their prethalamic differentiation program.

Respiration

1. Pons: A part of the hindbrain that, with other brain structures, controls respiration and regulates heart rhythms. (Web site)
2. The hindbrain controls the body's vital functions such as respiration and heart rate.

Cerebral Cortex

1. Neurotransmitters produced in the hindbrain are transmitted to the forebrain, causing electric changes in the cerebral cortex.
2. Under baseline conditions, CBF to the hindbrain was about 50% higher than to subcortical regions and about 100% higher than to the cerebral cortex (Fig.

Central Nervous System

1. In the central nervous system, LjPax6 is expressed in clearly delineated domains in the hindbrain, midbrain and forebrain. (Web site)

Largest Part

1. The cerebellum is the largest part of the hindbrain. (Web site)

Brain Stem

1. Infratentorial means below the tentorium - in the hindbrain (cerebellum) or brain stem. (Web site)
2. The cerebellum is a large part of the hindbrain, located behind the brain stem and under the occipital lobe. (Web site)
3. Hind brain: Hindbrain Consists of two parts - cerebellum and brain stem.

Vertebrate Brains

1. Vertebrate brains can be divided into three distinct regions: the hindbrain, the midbrain, and the forebrain. (Web site)
2. Regardless of complexity, vertebrate brains all contain three regions: the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. (Web site)

Vertebrate Brain

1. The vertebrate brain has three main regions: the hindbrain, midbrain, and forebrain. (Web site)

Exencephaly

1. Only in the midbrain and hindbrain of these mutants is closure defective, leading to exencephaly.
2. Most of the defects affected presumptive midbrain and hindbrain structures and included open defects (i.e., exencephaly) and gross maldevelopment.

Rhombomere

1. Mice homozygous for a targeted mutation of Lim1 lack head structures anterior to rhombomere 3 in the hindbrain. (Web site)

Rhombomeres

1. The hindbrain divides into different segments called rhombomeres. (Web site)
2. Brain expression was not observed until 3-day postfertilization (dpf), where a stark line is observed in the rostral hindbrain near rhombomeres 1 and 2.

Fgf8

1. Maves L, Jackman W, Kimmel CB. FGF3 and FGF8 mediate a rhombomere 4 signaling activity in the zebrafish hindbrain.
2. The cerebellum develops from the rhombic lip of the rostral hindbrain and is organized by fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF8) expressed by the isthmus.

Three Main Parts

1. The human brain is comprised of three main parts (forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain) and numerous sub-parts, including the temporal lobes. (Web site)

Metencephalon

1. The metencephalon develops from the hindbrain, and is differentiated from the myelencephalon in the embryo by approximately 5 weeks of age. (Web site)

Rhombencephalon

1. Metencephalon: Structure located in the rhombencephalon, or hindbrain. (Web site)
2. In the hindbrain, DM-20+ cells appeared at E12.5 in the caudal part of the rhombencephalon, and at E14.5 all along the ventral spinal cord. (Web site)
3. The hindbrain, or rhombencephalon, forms in the long, relatively straight stretch between the cephalic flexure and the more caudal cervical flexure.

Malformation

1. Associated defects include hydrocephalus and hindbrain malformations such as Chiari II malformation. (Web site)

Region

1. The midbrain serves to connect the forebrain region to the hindbrain region.
2. Lumsden A, Sprawson N, Graham A. Segmental origin and migration of neural crest cells in the hindbrain region of the chick embryo. (Web site)
3. In contrast, cranial nerve defects in the hindbrain region were only evident in Lmo4 mutants.

Regions

1. Homozygous opb embryos exhibited an exencephalic malformation involving the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain regions. (Web site)
2. This phenomenon results from failure of neural tube closure in the mid- and hindbrain regions during early embryogenesis (Fig.
3. Those regions are the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain. (Web site)

Categories

1. Midbrain
2. Forebrain
3. Cerebellum
4. Pons
5. Medulla Oblongata

Related Keywords

* Brain * Brainstem * Cerebellum * Cerebrum * Diencephalon * Forebrain * Fourth Ventricle * Medulla Oblongata * Mesencephalon * Midbrain * Neural Tube * Part * Pons * Reticular Formation * Spinal Cord * Vertebrates

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