"Rhombencephalon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The posterior of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of an embryonic brain. It consists of myelencephalon, metencephalon, and isthmus rhombencephali from which develop the major BRAIN STEM components, such as MEDULLA OBLONGATA from the myelencephalon, CEREBELLUM and PONS from the metencephalon, with the expanded cavity forming the FOURTH VENTRICLE.
| Descriptor ID |
D012249
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810
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| Concept/Terms |
Rhombencephalon- Rhombencephalon
- Rhombencephalons
- Hind Brain
- Brain, Hind
- Brains, Hind
- Hind Brains
- Hindbrain
- Hindbrains
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Rhombencephalon" by people in Profiles.
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Conserved regulation of Math5 and Math1 revealed by Math5-GFP transgenes. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2007 Dec; 36(4):435-48.