Medulla Oblongata
"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) |
A08.186.211.132.810.406 A08.186.211.865.467.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medulla Oblongata" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Sheng ZF, Zhang H, Zheng P, Chen S, Gu Z, Zhou JJ, Phaup JG, Chang HM, Yeh ETH, Pan HL, Li DP. Impaired Kv7 channel activity in the central amygdala contributes to elevated sympathetic outflow in hypertension. Cardiovasc Res. 2022 01 29; 118(2):585-596.
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Sinclair K, Emerson JA, Tanaka T. Atlantoaxial Instability Resulting in Intractable Nausea in a Person with C5 Complete Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report. PM R. 2019 04; 11(4):440-445.
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Cleary DR, Roeder Z, Elkhatib R, Heinricher MM. Neuropeptide Y in the rostral ventromedial medulla reverses inflammatory and nerve injury hyperalgesia in rats via non-selective excitation of local neurons. Neuroscience. 2014 Jun 20; 271:149-59.