cuneate

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To make matters worse, the cuneate nucleus is nestled in the brain stem, surrounded by vital brain regions that, if damaged, can lead to death.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2022

These studies established that the processing of signals coming from our body has already begun when signals reach the cuneate nucleus.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2022

In addition to sensory nerves going up, there are pathways from sensory and motor areas of the cerebral cortex going down to the cuneate nucleus.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2022

We discovered that the activity in cuneate neurons did indeed change, depending on what the animals were doing and whether movements were voluntary or involuntary.

From Scientific American • May 16, 2022

Nearly glabrous, 1–3° high; leaves variable, commonly 3–7-divided, or some or all undivided, the segments incisely serrate or lobed; achenes broadly cuneate, 1–2´´ long, with 2 very short blunt spreading teeth.—Wet ground, Va. to Fl.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa