Sentences with word «diencephalon»

The atlas was generated using several sources of data: 1) histologic data from a dissected ex vivo human brainstem / diencephalon specimen; 2) correlative diffusion data from the same specimen (scanned prior to serial sectioning and staining); and 3) cross-reference to the Paxinos human brainstem atlas (Paxinos G, Xu - Feng H, Sengul G, Watson C. Organization of Brainstem Nuclei, in The Human Nervous System, 3rd ed.

These are all symptoms characteristically suggestive of low brain disorganization (brainstem and diencephalon regions) and all common autonomic symptoms of severe trauma exposure,» - Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, author of Psychological Trauma.

Dr Burgess added: «Amongst our allied health professions, what we did know about from decades of research and hundreds of case studies, is that bilateral damage to the hippocampal and / or diencephalon structures causes profound amnesia, and in the absence of apparent structural damage to these structures, it left an explanation widely open to speculation.

These are all symptoms characteristically suggestive of low brain disorganization (brain stem and diencephalon regions) and all common autonomic symptoms of severe trauma exposure.»

But in humans, they found a stream of cells migrating from the telencephalon to the dorsal thalamus, a part of the diencephalon that sends information to the frontal lobes and other association areas.

These cells normally don't mingle with neurons from the diencephalon, which gives rise to less advanced structures such as the hypothalamus and optic nerves.

One of the genes, which sits on chromosome 13, is active in a part of the brain called the diencephalon.

To find out whether developing neurons can indeed travel from the telencephalon to the diencephalon, Rakic and Kresimir Letinic, both of Yale University, examined fetal tissue from humans (obtained from aborted tissue donated to a brain bank), mice, and monkeys.

In mammals, the hypothalamus is a region of the brain located below the thalamus, forming the major portion of the ventral region of the diencephalon and functioning to regulate certain metabolic processes and other autonomic activities.

- Upon completion of imaging, the brainstem / diencephalon specimen was serially sectioned (axially through the brainstem, coronally through the diencephalon) using a cryomycrotome.

For instance, Staley and colleagues showed that serotonin transporter availability decreased in the diencephalon in patients with major depression, compared to healthy controls, and such a decrease was more prominent in women than men (Staley et al. 2006).