myelencephalon
Sign in to saveThe myelencephalon or afterbrain is the most posterior region of the embryonic hindbrain, from which the medulla oblongata develops.
Key facts
- Brain.Name
- MyelencephalonAfterbrain
- Brain.Latin
- myelencephalon
- Brain.Image
- EmbryonicBrain.svg
- Brain.Caption
- Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures
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Research
31,020 papers- A brain-to-gut signal controls intestinal fat absorption.Nature · 2024
- Brainstem Dbh(+) neurons control allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity.Nature · 2024
- Dissociable hindbrain GLP1R circuits for satiety and aversion.Nature · 2024
- Morphine-responsive neurons that regulate mechanical antinociception.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
- Parallel gut-to-brain pathways orchestrate feeding behaviors.Nature neuroscience · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Development
- Neural tube to myelencephalon
- Myelencephalon to medulla
- Medulla oblongata
- Function
- Damage/trauma
- References
- External links
The myelencephalon or afterbrain is the most posterior region of the embryonic hindbrain, from which the medulla oblongata develops.
Myelencephalon is from myel- (bone marrow or spinal cord) and encephalon (the vertebrate brain).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “myelencephalon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.