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Brainstem: Medulla, Pons, and Midbrain

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The brain stem serves three broad functions. (1) It provides transit and processing nuclei for ascending and descending pathways that convey signals to and from the cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord. (2) It plays an important part in a range of activities, such as consciousness, the sleep–wake cycle, and respiratory and cardiovascular control. (3) It contains the intramedullary fibers of all but one of the true cranial nerves, and their associated sensory and motor nuclei.

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  1. Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, The Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

    Norman L. Strominger

  2. Highview Terrace 87, Hawthorne, NJ, USA

    Robert J. Demarest

  3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    Lois B. Laemle

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Strominger, N.L., Demarest, R.J., Laemle, L.B. (2012). Brainstem: Medulla, Pons, and Midbrain. In: Noback's Human Nervous System, Seventh Edition. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-779-8_13

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