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decerebrate — [dē ser′ə brāt΄] adj. of or having to do with an animal or person lacking cerebral functions, as in consequence of an experiment or an illness n. a decerebrate animal or person vt. decerebrated, decerebrating to eliminate cerebral functions of… … English World dictionary
decerebrate — 1. To cause decerebration. 2. Denoting an animal so prepared, or a patient whose brain has suffered an injury which renders the patient, in neurologic behavior, comparable to a d. animal. * * * de·cer·e·brate ( )dē ser ə brət, .brāt; .dē sə r … Medical dictionary
decerebrate — adj. denoting a neurological state in which the functions of the higher centres of the brain are eliminated. This is brought about in experimental animals by cutting across the brain below the cerebrum, but certain injuries to the brain in humans … The new mediacal dictionary
decerebrate — verb (t) /diˈsɛrəbreɪt/ (say dee seruhbrayt) (decerebrated, decerebrating) 1. Surgery to eliminate cerebral function in (an animal) by severing the connection between the brain or a part of the brain and the nervous system. –adjective… …
decerebrate — v. cause decerebration; remove surgically the cerebrum (in an experimental animal), cut the brain stem (of an animal); remove cerebral brain function by surgically removing the cerebrum; make incapable of cerebral activity adj. having lost all… … English contemporary dictionary
decerebrate — decerebration, n. v. /dee ser euh brayt /; n. /dee ser euh brayt , brit/, v., decerebrated, decerebrating, n. v.t. 1. Surg. to remove the cerebrum. n. 2. a decerebrated animal. 3. a person who, because of brain injury, exhibits behavior… … Universalium
reaction — 1. The response of a muscle or other living tissue or organism to a stimulus. 2. The color change effected in litmus and certain other organic pigments by contact with substances such as acids or alkalies; also the property that such substances… … Medical dictionary
Central pattern generator — Central pattern generators (CPGs) are neural networks that produce rhythmic patterned outputs without sensory feedback.[1][2] CPGs have been shown to produce rhythmic outputs resembling normal rhythmic motor pattern production even in isolation… … Wikipedia
Decerebration — For decerebrate response, see abnormal posturing. Decerebration is the elimination of cerebral brain function in an animal by removing the cerebrum, cutting across the brain stem, or severing certain arteries in the brain stem. Decerebration… … Wikipedia
Nitrazepam — Systematic (IUPAC) name … Wikipedia
