Talk:Brain stem

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Contents 1 Image 2 Reference 3 Anthoney-94 4 Reptilian Brain 5 Page name, Brain_stem or Brainstem? 6 Layman's Information

[edit] Image

The Gray's anatomy image seems to show more than just the Brain stem which is confusing - it has the hippocampus, external capsule and caudate nucleus. Is there another Gray's anatomy picture that just has the brain stem? 194.83.140.31 10:34, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

This picture was in the section regarding the Trochlear Nerve: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Gray719.png I think it should be included in the main page on the brainstem. (anon, 08:34, 4 April 2007)

I have updated the image to Gray719.png. --Arcadian 14:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reference

• The Emerging Mind; Vilayanur Ramachandran; Reith Lectures 2003.

This was a reference from the stub of this article.

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[edit] Anthoney-94

"A discussion of differences in the use of this term is presented in Anthoney-94" - what does this mean? It doesn't make any sense in context, not unless Anthoney-94 is metioned in the references which is not the case. / Habj 01:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Good question. I couldn't find an Anthoney 94 on pubmed, so I did a Google search for "Anthoney 1994" and came up with the following reference which I'm pretty sure is the Anthoney-94 that the author of that statement intended. Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Exam: A Thesaurus of Synonyms, Similar-Sounding Non-Synonyms, and Terms of Variable Meaning by Terence Anthoney. I'll go ahead and add it to the list of References. —Brim 09:07, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

It turns out that content was copied verbatim from BrainInfo in this edit. I have removed the paragraph, but added a link to the BrainInfo page. --Arcadian 19:38, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reptilian Brain

The brain stem is often referred to as the Reptilian Brain, right? http://www.crystalinks.com/reptilianbrain.html Mathiastck 14:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Page name, Brain_stem or Brainstem?

In the body, the one-word brainstem appears to be used more than "brain stem", including for example the figure caption. A quick comparison on Google also suggests more hits for brainstem than "brain stem", so I wonder if the page name should be changed, and brain_stem redirected to brainstem rather than the reverse, as present? Ged.R 14:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Medcin 01:02, 1 April 2007 (UTC)== Midbrain before Pon ==

I exchange the order of the part of the brain stem. I think it is more logical to put the midbrain before the pons because it is the normal order if we start at the top of the brainstem.

Just wanted to say that this page is in SERIOUS NEED of adding of information. I plan to come back after my exam when I have some time and add on, but if anyone else can also help, that would be awesome. Kitra101 22:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree with the name change: "Brainstem" appears as a word inits own right in the Oxford English (sorry US friends) Dictionary. Is the term used in Gray's Anatomy and many other reference sources

Aside: I also agree about the time pressure of exams on medical students, maybe after we qualify, we can come back and improve on this. Dave Morgan 14:00 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Layman's Information

Just a suggestion from someone browsing through - while I'm sure this is very useful to the professionally-inclined, the page contains very little that's of use to the layman without much knowledge of anatomy. It's pretty highly technical. A description of the general location and function of the brain stem without resorting to medical terminology would be really helpful and informative. Right now, this entry reads like it was copied from a med school textbook - very useful to a few people, but not so much for the general population --Auric04 (talk) 21:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)