 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.
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D008526
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.810.591.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Nucleus Ambiguus- Nucleus Ambiguus
- Ambiguus, Nucleus
- Ambiguous Nucleus
- Nucleus, Ambiguous
Accessory Cuneate Nucleus- Accessory Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Accessory
- Nucleus, Accessory Cuneate
- Lateral Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, Lateral
- Nucleus, Lateral Cuneate
- External Cuneate Nucleus
- Cuneate Nucleus, External
- Nucleus, External Cuneate
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| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medulla Oblongata" by people in Profiles.
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Crawford LS, Tinoco Mendoza FA, Robertson RV, Meylakh N, Macey PM, Bannister K, Wager TD, Macefield VG, Keay KA, Henderson LA. Somatotopic organization of brainstem analgesic circuitry. Science. 2025 Aug 28; 389(6763):eadu8846.
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Watso JC, Babcock MC, Robinson AT, Migdal KU, Wenner MM, Stocker SD, Farquhar WB. Water deprivation does not augment sympathetic or pressor responses to sciatic afferent nerve stimulation in rats or to static exercise in humans. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2019 07 01; 127(1):235-245.
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Chen Q, Roeder Z, Li MH, Zhang Y, Ingram SL, Heinricher MM. Optogenetic Evidence for a Direct Circuit Linking Nociceptive Transmission through the Parabrachial Complex with Pain-Modulating Neurons of the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla (RVM). eNeuro. 2017 May-Jun; 4(3).
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Li MH, Suchland KL, Ingram SL. Compensatory Activation of Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor Inhibition of GABA Release in the Rostral Ventromedial Medulla in Inflammatory Pain. J Neurosci. 2017 01 18; 37(3):626-636.
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Li MH, Suchland KL, Ingram SL. GABAergic transmission and enhanced modulation by opioids and endocannabinoids in adult rat rostral ventromedial medulla. J Physiol. 2015 Jan 01; 593(1):217-30.
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Zwicker JD, Zhang Y, Ren J, Hutchinson MR, Rice KC, Watkins LR, Greer JJ, Funk GD. Glial TLR4 signaling does not contribute to opioid-induced depression of respiration. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Oct 15; 117(8):857-68.
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Sherman SC, Bellinger MH. Man with dizziness and vomiting. Horner's syndrome. Ann Emerg Med. 2013 Nov; 62(5):547-553.
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Nagel MA, Khmeleva N, Boyer PJ, Choe A, Bert R, Gilden D. Varicella zoster virus in the temporal artery of a patient with giant cell arteritis. J Neurol Sci. 2013 Dec 15; 335(1-2):228-30.
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Suckow SK, Deichsel EL, Ingram SL, Morgan MM, Aicher SA. Columnar distribution of catecholaminergic neurons in the ventrolateral periaqueductal gray and their relationship to efferent pathways. Synapse. 2013 Feb; 67(2):94-108.
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Crone SA, Viemari JC, Droho S, Mrejeru A, Ramirez JM, Sharma K. Irregular Breathing in Mice following Genetic Ablation of V2a Neurons. J Neurosci. 2012 Jun 06; 32(23):7895-906.
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