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Midbrain is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Midbrain meaning

A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).

Synonyms of Midbrain

mesencephalon neural structure

Related words

Other words often associated with Midbrain or its synonyms:

structure

Using Midbrain

  • The main meaning on this page is: A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
  • Useful related words include: mesencephalon, neural structure.
  • In the example corpus, midbrain often appears in combinations such as: the midbrain, midbrain by.

Context around Midbrain

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bilateral 1× retina 1×

Often after:

neurons 1× layer 1× becomes 1× system 1× classically 1×

Sentence patterns with Midbrain

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and bilateral midbrain 1× and the midbrain becomes very 1× in a midbrain layer 1× in the midbrain all the 1× in the midbrain by a 1× in the midbrain by chemical 1× in the midbrain classically unusual 1× of the midbrain and motor 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

dopaminergic projections from 1× during speech production 1× except for the 1× in many classes 1× in some cases 1× in the first 1×

Common sentence endings:

a midbrain layer 1× affect posture control 1× and bilateral midbrain 1× becomes very small 1× classically unusual strokes 1× cord and hindbrain 1×

Words around Midbrain

Just before it in the word index:

midbody 2 midband 2 midazolam 9 midaxi 5 midatlantic 2 midasprotocol 2

Just after it in the word index:

midc 4 midcap 39 midcard 11 midcareer 3 midcentury 33 midco 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Midbrain

  • In this selection, "midbrain" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bilateral, retina, neurons, layer and becomes stand out and add context to how "midbrain" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and bilateral midbrain and and the midbrain becomes very. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "midbrain" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with midbrain

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

During speech production, people who stutter show overactivity in the anterior insula, cerebellum and bilateral midbrain. (16 words)

This tremor is associated with conditions which affect the red nucleus in the midbrain, classically unusual strokes. (17 words)

The GPi also sends a few projections to parts of the midbrain, which have been assumed to affect posture control. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

In the first stages of development, each axon from the retina is guided to the right general vicinity in the midbrain by chemical cues, but then branches very profusely and makes initial contact with a wide swath of midbrain neurons. (40 words)

In the projection from the eye to the midbrain, for example, the structure in the adult contains a very precise mapping, connecting each point on the surface of the retina to a corresponding point in a midbrain layer. (38 words)

In many classes of vertebrates, such as fish and amphibians, the three parts remain similar in size in the adult, but in mammals the forebrain becomes much larger than the other parts, and the midbrain becomes very small. (38 words)

Example sentences (12)

In the first stages of development, each axon from the retina is guided to the right general vicinity in the midbrain by chemical cues, but then branches very profusely and makes initial contact with a wide swath of midbrain neurons.

In the projection from the eye to the midbrain, for example, the structure in the adult contains a very precise mapping, connecting each point on the surface of the retina to a corresponding point in a midbrain layer.

Dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area (bottom part of the "midbrain" or mesencephalon) to the prefrontal cortex (mesocortical pathway) and to the nucleus accumbens (mesolimbic pathway - "meso" referring to "from the mesencephalon"..

During speech production, people who stutter show overactivity in the anterior insula, cerebellum and bilateral midbrain.

Except for the muscles that control the eye, which are driven by nuclei in the midbrain, all the voluntary muscles in the body are directly innervated by motor neurons in the spinal cord and hindbrain.

In many classes of vertebrates, such as fish and amphibians, the three parts remain similar in size in the adult, but in mammals the forebrain becomes much larger than the other parts, and the midbrain becomes very small.

In some cases, as with the retina-midbrain system, activity patterns depend on mechanisms that operate only in the developing brain, and apparently exist solely to guide development.

Overactivity of the midbrain has been found at the level of the substantia nigra extended to the red nucleus and subthalamic nucleus, which all contribute to the production of dopamine.

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The basal ganglia receive input from the substantia nigra of the midbrain and motor areas of the cerebral cortex, and send signals back to both of these locations.

The GPi also sends a few projections to parts of the midbrain, which have been assumed to affect posture control.

This information is exploited in the midbrain by a mechanism that causes synapses to weaken, and eventually vanish, if activity in an axon is not followed by activity of the target cell.

This tremor is associated with conditions which affect the red nucleus in the midbrain, classically unusual strokes.

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Common combinations with midbrain

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "midbrain" in a sentence?
An example: "In the first stages of development, each axon from the retina is guided to the right general vicinity in the midbrain by chemical cues, but then branches very profusely and makes initial contact with a wide swath of midbrain neurons." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "midbrain" from authentic English texts.
What does "midbrain" mean?
Midbrain means: A part of the brain located rostral to the pons and caudal to the thalamus and the basal ganglia, composed of the tectum (dorsal portion) and the tegmentum (ventral portion).
What are synonyms of "midbrain"?
Common synonyms of "midbrain" include: mesencephalon, neural structure.
How many example sentences with "midbrain" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "midbrain", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.