medulla
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The researchers assumed the brain's frontal cortex, which orchestrates complex thoughts and behaviors, was somehow communicating to a brainstem region called the medulla, which controls automatic breathing.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
However, messages coming down from the pons actually inhibit activity in the medulla, leading breathing rates to slow down.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024
Each hair can have three layers – the medulla, the cortex and the cuticle.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
The library nearly resembles the shape of a brain, with the entrance being the medulla oblongata and the robust flooring as the cerebellum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
The medulla oblongata with its reticular ganglion seems to be the great rhythmic centre.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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