How to Use midbrain in a Sentence

midbrain

noun
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  • In swarming locusts, the midbrain grew more than the optic lobes.
    — Andrew Moseman, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2010
  • As the predator gets closer, however, the forebrain’s grip on the midbrain loosens.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Aug. 2014
  • The study found that the players had lower measures of fractional anisotropy in their right midbrains, which is a part of the brain stem.
    — Fox News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Although only two of the 38 players received a concussion, more than two-thirds of them showed changes to the integrity of the white matter of their midbrains.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The midbrain is responsible for our fight, flight and freeze reactions.
    — Dr. Denise Trudeau-Poskas, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The ventral striatum, located in the midbrain, is part of the limbic system and is linked to perceiving rewards and pleasure.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The good news is that even the midbrain can be trained and conditioned for constructive and creative, rather than destructive, responses.
    — Rajni Bakshi, Quartz India, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The amygdala, in the midbrain, is important for processing emotions.
    — Anna Tan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Characterized by muscle stiffness and tremors, Parkinson's is caused by the death of dopamine-producing neurons in a section of the midbrain.
    — Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 14 May 2018
  • In both situations, the neurons in the midbrain's substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area flared up in response to the images.
    — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
  • For a looming stimulus, a nucleus of nerve cells in the midbrain called the optic tectum has served as the prime threat detector since the early days of vertebrate evolution.
    — Tom Siegfried, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Otsuna explains that this dorsal view of a 5-day-old zebrafish head shows tissue stained in blue, including the eyes, olfactory pits, forebrain, and midbrain.
    — Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2010
  • The scientists were able to create a synthetic midbrain through stem cells that had been modified to mimic the genetic risk factors for a brain disease like Parkinson’s.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2021
  • One set of axons projected to the periacqueductal gray in the midbrain, an area involved in motor behaviors.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2018
  • When recalling memories, the thalamus — a small structure within the brain between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain — is activated.
    — Ebony Williams, ajc, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Postmortem analysis of his brain showed massive loss of nerve cells in two regions of the thalamus, a structure about the size of a walnut that is found in the midbrain and generally acts as a way station for incoming sensory input.
    — Robert Stickgold, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2015
  • The researchers looked specifically at the midbrain, a region on the brain stem that governs primitive, thoughtless functions such as hearing and temperature regulation.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Treatment to book: NuCalm is, essentially, a sophisticated power nap, promoting relaxation in 30 to 90 minutes with patented technology that interrupts stress at the midbrain.
    — Rona Berg, Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2022

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