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midbrain
/ ˈmɪdˌbreɪn /
midbrain
/ mĭd′brān′ /
- The middle part of the vertebrate brain. In most animals except mammals, the midbrain processes sensory information. In mammals, it serves primarily to connect the forebrain with the hindbrain.
- Compare forebrain
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Dopamine then hits in the midbrain, which urges them to approach the crying child.
From Popular-Science
The first dopamine-releasing axons grow from the midbrain to the prefrontal cortex before birth.
During the game, an area deep inside the midbrain lights up more brightly in teens than in kids or adults.
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.
From Nautilus
The midbrain plays an important part in people’s motivation to seek food or friends.
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