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1895 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 5 163 The inclusion of cerebellum and oblongata by His under a single segment, would appear justifiable. The term applied by him, Rhombencephalon, or Rhombencephal, is however open to criticism.

1900 A. Hill tr. H. Obersteiner Anat. Central Nerv. Organs (ed. 2) ii. 48 His has divided the brain somewhat differently; into (1) Rhombencephalon, which includes the after-brain, hind-brain, and isthmus..(2) Mesencephalon..(3) Prosencephalon.

1900 Proc. 12th Ann. Session Amer. Assoc. Anatomists 127 Remove the cerebellum from the rhombencephalon by cutting the brachia conjunctiva, the brachia pontis and the corpora restiformia.

1934 R. R. Grinker Neurol. i. 12 Division of the rhombencephalon into metencephalon (cerebellum), and myelencephalon (medulla).

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) IX. 58/2 In dorsal view the ventricle of the myelencephalon, together with the metencephalon, has a rhomboid appearance, which is why this brain section is sometimes called the rhombencephalon.

1998 Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. 401 411 The boutons were more abundant in the mesencephalon than in the rhombencephalon.

1900 R. H. Whitehead Anat. Brain iv. 90 It [sc. the primary sensory path] is formed by three superimposed groups of neurones as follows: (1) the peripheral..(2) the spinal and rhombencephalic..and (3) the thalamo-cortical.

1954 W. Penfield & H. H. Jasper Epilepsy & Functional Anat. Human Brain vii. 285 (heading) Cerebellar vertigo (rhombencephalic).

2009 Brain Res. 1249 54 This laboratory found that apoptosis was augmented significantly in fetal rhombencephalic neurons when they were treated with 50 mM ethanol for 24 h.