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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)
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)
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. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.132.171 (talk) 13:34, April 4, 2007 (UTC)
- I have updated the image to Gray719.png. --Arcadian 14:13, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
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)
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)
I did a Google check myself, and using +brainstem and +"brain stem" produced nearly identical numbers. So, I'm going to say either way is correct, but make "brain stem" the standard for this article since that's the article's current title. If anyone disagrees, feel free to fix it, but this mixed usage has gone on for too long. -- HiEv 16:16, 12 July 2008 (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.
Excuse my english, i'm a french canadian —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Medcin (talk • contribs) 01:01, 1 April 2007 (UTC).
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)
- I agree. The intro doesn't even mention what the brain stem does, it merely says where it's located and what it's made up of, which isn't particularly explanatory. The article really needs to be rewritten for the layman. I added a "cleanup-jargon" tag to the article based on this. -- HiEv 16:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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