"Medulla Oblongata" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lower portion of the BRAIN STEM. It is inferior to the PONS and anterior to the CEREBELLUM. Medulla oblongata serves as a relay station between the brain and the spinal cord, and contains centers for regulating respiratory, vasomotor, cardiac, and reflex activities.
Descriptor ID |
D008526
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MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810.591.500
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Concept/Terms |
Nucleus Ambiguus- Nucleus Ambiguus
- Ambiguus, Nucleus
- Ambiguous Nucleus
- Nucleus, Ambiguous
Accessory Cuneate Nucleus- Accessory Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Accessory
- Nucleus, Accessory Cuneate
- Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Lateral
- Nucleus, Lateral Cuneate
- External Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, External
- Nucleus, External Cuneate
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2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medulla Oblongata" by people in Profiles.
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Brailoiu GC, Deliu E, Tica AA, Rabinowitz JE, Tilley DG, Benamar K, Koch WJ, Brailoiu E. Nesfatin-1 activates cardiac vagal neurons of nucleus ambiguus and elicits bradycardia in conscious rats. J Neurochem. 2013 Sep; 126(6):739-48.
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Ranguis SC, Chaganti JR, Winder MJ. A bilateral infratentorial neurenteric cyst. J Clin Neurosci. 2013 May; 20(5):735-8.
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Brailoiu GC, Arterburn JB, Oprea TI, Chitravanshi VC, Brailoiu E. Bradycardic effects mediated by activation of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor in rat nucleus ambiguus. Exp Physiol. 2013 Mar; 98(3):679-91.
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Brailoiu GC, Deliu E, Tica AA, Chitravanshi VC, Brailoiu E. Urocortin 3 elevates cytosolic calcium in nucleus ambiguus neurons. J Neurochem. 2012 Sep; 122(6):1129-36.
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Massey SL, Buland J, Hauber S, Piatt J, Goraya J, Faerber E, Valencia I. Acute VI nerve palsy in a 4 year-old girl with Chiari I malformation and pontomedullary extension of syringomyelia: case report and review of the literature. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2011 Jul; 15(4):303-9.
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Brailoiu GC, Brailoiu E, Parkesh R, Galione A, Churchill GC, Patel S, Dun NJ. NAADP-mediated channel 'chatter' in neurons of the rat medulla oblongata. Biochem J. 2009 Apr 1; 419(1):91-7, 2 p following 97.
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Brailoiu GC, Dun SL, Brailoiu E, Inan S, Yang J, Chang JK, Dun NJ. Nesfatin-1: distribution and interaction with a G protein-coupled receptor in the rat brain. Endocrinology. 2007 Oct; 148(10):5088-94.
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Brailoiu E, Dun SL, Brailoiu GC, Mizuo K, Sklar LA, Oprea TI, Prossnitz ER, Dun NJ. Distribution and characterization of estrogen receptor G protein-coupled receptor 30 in the rat central nervous system. J Endocrinol. 2007 May; 193(2):311-21.
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Reyes BA, Van Bockstaele EJ. Divergent projections of catecholaminergic neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract to limbic forebrain and medullary autonomic brain regions. Brain Res. 2006 Oct 30; 1117(1):69-79.
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Reyes BA, Tsukamura H, I'anson H, Estacio MA, Hirunagi K, Maeda K. Temporal expression of estrogen receptor alpha in the hypothalamus and medulla oblongata during fasting: a role of noradrenergic neurons. J Endocrinol. 2006 Sep; 190(3):593-600.