Hejira
Hejira (Arab. Hegira, ‘breaking off of relations’) Flight of
Muhammad from
Mecca to
Medina in ad 622 in order to escape persecution. The Islamic calendar begins in 622.
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The brain stem in brain death: a critical review.
Magazine article from: Issues in Law & Medicine; 6/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...entire brain, even of the brain stem, as the UDDA specifies...8) When the upper brain stem fails (as in transtentorial...stops. The isolated brain stems of decerebrate animals...organized at the brain stem level and modulated by...
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Mapping of brain stem neuronal circuitry active during swallowing
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...either central (cortex and brain stem) or peripheral structures...functional circuit located in the brain stem; animals whose brain stems have been experimentally disconnected...control circuits in the brain stem. CONCLUSION In our experiment...
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Embryonic stem cells promise new cures: scientists grow brain and lung tissue with the help of embryonic stem cells.
Magazine article from: The Futurist; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; By manipulating embryonic stem cells, scientists in the United...have successfully grown human brain and lung tissue. The breakthroughs...Living cells taken from the brain stems of human embryos can be programmed...converted or "directed" embryonic stem cells into mature small-airway...
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Brain-stem abnormalities trigger SIDS; May affect seroton in, study says.(NATION)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...have abnormalities in the brain stem, an area that helps control...abnormalities seem to affect the brain stem's ability to use and recycle...to date that inherent brain-stem differences might place some...scientific arguments that brain-stem irregularities might ...
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Breast milk may help brain stem develop
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/8/2000; ; 678 words
; Breast milk may help brain stem develop Formula-fed premature...August 8, 2000 The brain stem of premature infants appears...journal Pediatrics. The brain stem relays information between the...measured the activity of the brain stem. "As a baby goes from ...
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SIDS Risk Prevention Research Begins to Define Physical Abnormality in Brain Stem, Points to Possible Diagnostic/Screening Tools.
PR Newswire; 10/18/1999; 700+ words
; ...documented a physical abnormality in the brain stem that renders some infants more susceptible...last 15 years collecting data on the brain stems of SIDS victims. "In my laboratory...is important in controlling the brain's automatic detection of carbon...
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Drug May Slow Progression of Lou Gehrig's Disease; Study Finds Survival `Almost Doubled' Over 1 Year for Patients with Brain Stem Onset
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/2/1994; 694 words
; ...whose disease had its onset in the brain stem}. That's just unheard of...whose disease began in their brain stems, not their spinal cords. Experts...The disease strikes first in the brain stem in about one-quarter of cases...
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Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists; Study Findings Promise to Help in Treatment of Brain Diseases.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 6/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...died in other areas of the brain, they were lost forever along...Chen's team learned that stem cells existed everywhere in the brain by testing tissue from different parts of adult mice brains in cultures containing support...cultures the stem cells from other brain regions came to ...
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Brain Stem Cells Can Be Awakened, Say Schepens Scientists.
PR Newswire; 6/6/2008; 700+ words
; ...died in other areas of the brain, they were lost forever along...Chen's team learned that stem cells existed everywhere in the brain by testing tissue from different parts of adult mice brains in cultures containing support...cultures the stem cells from other brain regions came to ...
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Indications of link between brain stem cells and brain tumors seen.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Stem Cell Week; 7/22/2002; 700+ words
; ...injuries that actually trigger brain marrow stem cells to move toward the problem...we're dealing with abnormal brain marrow stem cells, as in gliomas, such...of trying to kill the abnormal brain tumor stem cells, why not try to rehabilitate...
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brain stem
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
brain stem The brain within the skull and the spinal...By virtue of its nerve connections the brain stem mediates important reflexes , including...irritant bodies by sneezing and coughing. The brain stem is very much more than simply a viaduct...
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Brain
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...sections of the human brain are the brain stem, the diencephalon, the cerebrum...medulla — a part of the brain stem — via fibers. The fibers...sneezing. Another component of the brain stem is the pons (meaning bridge...
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Brain Death
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...brain function," including the brain stem, although the heartbeat may continue...intelligence, may be dead while the brain stem, which controls basic life support...not made clear to the family that brain stem death is equivalent to death. According...
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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
...tumors Astrocytomas Medulloblastomas Brain stem gliomas Meningiomas Ependymomas Schwannomas...Children may develop these in their brain stem, cerebrum, or cerebellum, while...commonly develop them in the cerebrum. Brain-stem gliomas are usually astrocytomas...
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brain death
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...higher cerebral function, is the brain stem — the lowest part of the...that function, strictly ‘brain stem death’, is commonly referred...that there is no function in the brain stem. The pre-conditions must establish...
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