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Meaning of periaqueduct | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct

Examples

“Abdominal surgery increased c-Fos in the prelimbic, cingulate and insular cortexes, and autonomic nuclei, such as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, central amygdala, hypothalamic supraoptic (SON), paraventricular and arcuate nuclei, Edinger-Westphal nucleus (E-W), lateral periaqueduct gray (PAG), lateral parabrachial nucleus, locus coeruleus, ventrolateral medulla and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS).”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

periaqueductal gray periareion periarteritis periarthritis periastra periastron

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