"Pons" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The front part of the hindbrain (RHOMBENCEPHALON) that lies between the MEDULLA and the midbrain (MESENCEPHALON) ventral to the cerebellum. It is composed of two parts, the dorsal and the ventral. The pons serves as a relay station for neural pathways between the CEREBELLUM to the CEREBRUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D011149
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810.428.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Pons- Pons
- Ponte
- Pontes
- Pons Varolii
- Pons Varolius
- Varolii, Pons
- Varolius, Pons
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pons" by people in Profiles.
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Olmsted AM, Choi H, Rovner B. Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation With Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids Presenting as Anhedonia: A Case Report. J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry. 2023 May-Jun; 64(3):313-315.
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Surathi P, Sher J, Obaydou N, Pergament KM. Sepsis or sympathetics? Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after pontine stroke. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Jul 22; 14(7).
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Lockwood J, Scullen T, Mathkour M, Kaufmann A, Medel R, Dumont AS, Amenta PS. Endovascular Management of a Ruptured Basilar Perforator Artery Aneurysm Associated with a Pontine Arteriovenous Malformation: Case Report and Review of the Literature. World Neurosurg. 2018 Aug; 116:159-162.
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Hoch MJ, Chung S, Ben-Eliezer N, Bruno MT, Fatterpekar GM, Shepherd TM. New Clinically Feasible 3T MRI Protocol to Discriminate Internal Brain Stem Anatomy. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Jun; 37(6):1058-65.
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Leavitt JA, Singer W, Brown WL, Pulido JS, Brodsky MC. Retinal and pontine striations: neurodiagnostic signs of autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay. J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Dec; 34(4):369-71.
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Govindan RM, Brescoll J, Chugani HT. Cerebellar pathway changes following cerebral hemispherectomy. J Child Neurol. 2013 Dec; 28(12):1548-54.
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Simon NG, Tisch S, Chaganti J, Markus R. Fluctuating gustatory disturbance and ophthalmodynia heralding the onset of a paramedian pontine infarction. J Clin Neurosci. 2011 Jul; 18(7):983-5.
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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, 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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Uysal G, Gursoy T, Altunc U, Guven A. Asymptomatic pons tuberculoma in an infant with miliary tuberculosis. Saudi Med J. 2005 Aug; 26(8):1277-9.