(n.) A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.
Example Sentences:
(1) The chief characteristics of stage 18 (approximately 44 postovulatory days) are rapidly growing basal nuclei; appearance of the extraventricular bulge of the cerebellum (flocculus), of the superior cerebellar peduncle, and of follicles in the epiphysis cerebri; and the presence of vomeronasal organ and ganglion, of the bucconasal membrane, and of isolated semicircular ducts.
(2) Nucleocortical fibers from the posterior interposed nucleus projected principally to the paramedian lobule, to the medial hemispheric area of Crus I and the lobus simplex, and to the flocculus and paraflocculus.
(3) S-Adenosylhomocysteine metabolism was studied in cell extracts of streptonigrin-producing Streptomyces flocculus.
(4) The projections onto the flocculus and paraflocculus are precisely organized.
(5) About one-third of the axon spikes examined in the flocculus responded to horizontal head angular acceleration.
(6) The flocculus receives afferents bilaterally from the superior, medial and descending vestibular nucleus, group y, the interstitial nucleus of the vestibular nerve and also from the abducent nucleus.
(7) Extracellular recordings were made from afferents to the Purkinje cells of the flocculus of monkeys either spontaneously making saccadic eye movements (saccades) or trained to fixate a small visual target projected on a tangent screen.
(8) Electrical stimulation of the flocculus or uvula evoked the early and late climbing fiber responses in the nodulus.
(9) Sparse terminals derived from the rostral flocculus were found in the prepositus hypoglossal nucleus.
(10) The cerebellar flocculus was mapped with local stimulation techniques in alert pigmented rabbits.
(11) Modulations in discharges of Purkinje cells (P cells) associated with movements of visual patterns were studied in the flocculus of monkeys trained to execute smooth-pursuit eye movements and to suppress optokinetic nystagmus.
(12) Activity of single units was recorded in the flocculus of alert, behaving monkeys during sinusoidal optokinetic (0.02-5.0 Hz), constant velocity optokinetic, vestibular and visual-vestibular conflict stimulation.
(13) In view of the important role of these same lobules in the control of the vestibulo-ocular (VOR) and optokinetic (OKR) responses, we tested the effect of microinjections of cholinergic (ant)agonists in the flocculus of the rabbit on these reflexes.
(14) These data reveal a permanent deficit in the HOKR, but not the HVOR, following unilateral floccular lesions and are consistent with the idea that the flocculus contributes to the regulation of the low-velocity eye movements through the inhibitory modulation of the activity of the subjacent vestibular nuclei.
(15) Brain Res., 85 (1991) 475-481) showed that injection of the cholinergic agonist carbachol into the cerebellar flocculi had a pronounced facilitatory effect on the gains of the optokinetic (OKR) and vestibulo-ocular (VOR) reflexes, suggesting a positive modulatory role of the cholinergic system in the flocculus.
(16) Anterogradely labeled axons collected at the base of the injected folia and coursed caudally and medially between the middle cerebellar peduncle and the flocculus.
(17) Bilateral microinjections into the cerebellar flocculus of the rabbit of carbachol, a general cholinergic agonist, profoundly affect vestibuloocular (VOR) and optokinetic (OKR) reflexes.
(18) On the other hand, most neurons in the VY receive monosynaptic inputs from the i8N, and some of these neurons project to the ipsilateral flocculus.
(19) Other, parallel VOR pathways do not receive inputs from the flocculus and are not subject to learning.
(20) Implantation of the orifice of the duct with a flocculus of the skin into the oral cavity was performed with a good result.
Fluffy
Definition:
(superl.) Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
Example Sentences:
(1) The narrow spaces were filled with a fluffy material.
(2) Con A-treated whole cells and cell walls contain an irregular, fluffy layer 25 to 60 nm thick which is absent in untreated or alpha-methyl glucoside-treated preparations.
(3) Makes around 20 75g butter, melted 75g granulated sugar 1 tbsp vanilla sugar 160g oats 2 tbsp cocoa powder 3 tbsp strong coffee, cooled to room temp Desiccated coconut, to finish 1 Whisk the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then stir in the vanilla sugar, oats, cocoa and coffee.
(4) Results indicate that the micelles have a dense core with a fluffy outer layer.
(5) And if this all seems a bit fluffy at a time when NHS mental health budgets are so hard pressed, the number of mental health bed days fell by 52% between 2009 and 2011, with fewer people using secondary mental health services but more often.
(6) By electron microscopy, mitochondria in numerous hepatocytes appeared abnormal with occasional cristae in a fluffy matrix, some containing dense inclusions.
(7) Clinically, cytomegalovirus retinitis is characterized by lesions, usually in the posterior pole, that take the form of fluffy white infiltrates with irregular, translucent, granular appearing margins.
(8) Inevitably women are the fluffy part of a newspaper, on the whole.
(9) Small, fluffy feathers are thought to have arisen for warmth, with more elaborate feather structures emerging for displays, and ultimately flight.
(10) While small stuffed birds used to dangle from rear view mirrors – the Maltese version of fluffy dice – such displays are now rare and hunters can face hefty fines of up to €5,000 (£3,600) and jail if they are caught killing protected species.
(11) 2 Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated.
(12) When high molecular weight DNA is incubated with interphase extracts, fluffy chromatin-like structures are assembled.
(13) He lies buried in dirty, fluffy blankets inside the family’s three-room house and barely leaves it.
(14) Of all mutagens tested, only 5-AC induced the fluffy phenotype with a significant frequency.
(15) There must be something to marry with the richness of the stew, and nothing beats the fluffy inside of a camp-baked potato.
(16) It comes, as it should, in a bag of liquid, and is firm to the touch but with a good level of gentle fluffiness inside and a delicate, creamy aftertaste.
(17) Photograph: Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd He didn't even have a skin to help with the dingo, and produced an adorably fluffy and very un-wild looking dog.