periaqueduct

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noun

The area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct

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Meanings

nounperiaqueduct (plural periaqueducts)

plural periaqueducts

  1. anatomyThe area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct
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    Abdominal surgery increased c-Fos in the prelimbic, cingulate and insular cortexes, and autonomic nuclei, such as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, central amygdala, hypothalamic supraoptic (SON), paraventricular and arcuate nuclei, Edinger-Westphal nucleus (E-W), lateral periaqueduct gray (PAG), lateral parabrachial nucleus, locus coeruleus, ventrolateral medulla and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS).

    2015 October 1, “Patterns of Brain Activation and Meal Reduction Induced by Abdominal Surgery in Mice and Modulation by Rikkunshito”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From peri- + aqueduct.

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