midbrain

/mid-breyn/US // ˈmɪdˌbreɪn //UK // (ˈmɪdˌbreɪn) //

中脑,中大脑,脑中层,仲脑

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Anatomy.
- : the middle of the three primary divisions of the brain in the embryo of a vertebrate or the part of the adult brain derived from this tissue; mesencephalon.

Dopamine then hits in the midbrain, which urges them to approach the crying child.
During the game, an area deep inside the midbrain lights up more brightly in teens than in kids or adults.
The first dopamine-releasing axons grow from the midbrain to the prefrontal cortex before birth.
Yet more than 50 years ago, studies on cats with cortical blindness on one side showed that it is possible to restore some of the lost sight by cutting a connection deep in the cat’s midbrain.
The midbrain plays an important part in people’s motivation to seek food or friends.