(1) Recordings were made from secondary vestibular axons in the medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) of barbiturate-anesthetized squirrel monkeys.
(2) In lampreys, the majority of HRP-labeled cells were located along the length of the brainstem reticular formation in the inferior, middle, and superior reticular nuclei of the medulla, mesencephalic tegmentum, and nucleus of the medial longitudinal fasciculus.
(3) In the brain stem, dense bundles of the descending fibres were found in the central and the medial tegmental tracts and in the medial longitudinal fasciculus.
(4) The potential role of the habenula in the transsynaptic regulation of the activity of ascending dopaminergic systems has been investigated in the rat by studying the effect of an acute interruption of impulse traffic in the diencephalic conduction system (stria medullaris-habenula-fasciculus retroflexus) and of pharmacological manipulation of various neurotransmitter systems in the interpeduncular nucleus on dopamine metabolism in several dopaminergic projection fields.
(5) Magnetic resonance imaging clearly showed a rostral lesion of the paramedial pontine reticular formation and the medial longitudinal fasciculus.
(6) Most of the giant PnC neurons sent their axons caudally into the medial longitudinal fasciculus and can therefore be regarded as reticulospinal neurons.
(7) Its axons take an ascending direction to the posterior commissure, and not to be medial longitudinal fasciculus as has been conventionally described.
(8) This latter pathway constitutes a part of the classically described arcuate fasciculus.
(9) Anatomopathologic findings in the two cases show that the OPT runs in front of the Medial Longitudinal Fasciculus or in the lateral tegmentum and that it decussates, at least once, below the upper pons.
(10) Because of the more caudal position of the amygdala in the rabbit, the comparable fasciculus passed directly caudally and exhibited only slight arching.
(11) Light microscopic examination showed the main stem axons to be lateral to the medial longitudinal fasciculus, and terminal boutons were in contact with ipsilateral identified MR motoneurons (Furuya and Markham: Exp.
(12) In the cat and dog, only the posterior fibers of the superior fasciculus were detected.
(13) Specifically, the labeled primary afferent axons and their collateral branches were found in the fasciculus cuneatus, and in laminae I, II, III, and IV of the dorsomedial aspect of the dorsal horn.
(14) The metastatic lesions in both paramedian pontine reticular formation and medial longitudinal fasciculus were considered to be causative of her one-and-a-half syndrome.
(15) The neurons had significantly decreased conduction velocities, both in the fasciculus gracilis and in the periphery.
(16) These lesions were followed by segregation of the nucleolus, axon reaction-like changes in the cytoplasm and axonal degeneration of both peripheral axons in the sural nerve and central axons in the fasciculus gracilis.
(17) Fewer labelled cells occurred in the mesencephalon and rhombencephalon but groups were seen in the region of the central grey, lateral lemniscus, parabrachial and tegmental nuclei, medial longitudinal fasciculus and nucleus of the solitary tract.
(18) Most medullary BRN project to the spinal cord via the medial longitudinal fasciculus (mlf) and sulcomarginal fasciculus.
(19) Increases of over 100% were seen in the superior colliculus, nucleus of the optic tract, and portions of the accessory optic system (medial and dorsal terminal nuclei, and the inferior fasciculus).
(20) Both forms are organized either by a fasciculus of axons, or by single axons, and they innervate either single myocytes, or their group.
Tendon
Definition:
(n.) A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.
Example Sentences:
(1) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
(2) Achilles tendon overuse injuries exist as a spectrum of diseases ranging from inflammation of the paratendinous tissue (paratenonitis), to structural degeneration of the tendon (tendinosis), and finally tendon rupture.
(3) In case of isolated damage of deep flexor tendon of the II-V fingers at the level of the I zone there were made palliative operations of 12 fingers: tenodesis and arthrodesis of distal interphalangeal articulation in functionally advantageous position.
(4) A distally based posterior tibial artery adipofascial flap with skin graft was used for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects over the Achilles tendon in three cases and over the heel in three cases.
(5) Tendon (T) and Hoffmann (H) reflexes were analyzed during static stretching (SS).
(6) The results may be summarized as follows: (1) The tendon tissues of the two main groups compared, differ structurally in several respects.
(7) The surgical procedure, using a dispensable tendon, could be directly associated to the sutures of the proximal injuries of the cubital nerve as a temporary palliative.
(8) The etiology, diagnosis and surgical treatment of stenosing tenosynovitis of the peroneal tendons is presented.
(9) On the other hand, ultraviolet (320-nm) light, absorbed by 3-hydroxy-pyridinium cross-links which were rapidly photolyzed, partially dissociated polymeric collagen aggregates from bovine Achilles tendon after subsequent heating.
(10) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
(11) The authors tested their own technique, using transplants or implants of corium, fascia, dura mater and polyester net, internally in the tendons, fastening them with an external cross suture.
(12) Tension in flexor tendons during wrist flexion may play a role in otherwise unexplained instances of the carpal tunnel syndrome.
(13) This phenomenon can have a special significance for defining the vitality in inflammation of bone tissue, in burns and in necrosis of soft tissues a.a. of the Achilles tendon.
(14) While tonic pupil and reduced sweating can be attributed to the affection of postganglionic cholinergic parasympathetic and sympathetic fibres projecting to the iris and sweat glands, respectively, the pathogenesis of diminished or lost tendon jerks remains obscure.
(15) The author maintains that the osteoma of the brachial muscle as well as post-traumatic periarticular calcifications, occur in the muscle mass or in the tendon that prolongs it, or in the articular capsule, as a result of surgical treament and post-operative immobilization, and only exceptionally following orthopaedic treatment of traumatic lesions.
(16) Small extensions from the distopalmar outpouchings were seen and extended axially into the fibers of the suspensory ligament or between the suspensory ligament and the distal accessory ligament of the deep digital flexor tendon.
(17) Medial canthal tendon resection and tucks or transnasal wiring are then performed.
(18) The number of motor units which produced either an 'unloading' or an 'off response' exceeded, on average, the number of motor units which excited the same tendon organ.
(19) This method was used in 51 cut tendons in 38 patients.
(20) Tendon organ units consistently showed ;in series' response patterns during muscle contractions.