Basis pontis
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Clinical significance
Infarction in this region can impair motor functioning.The basis pontis undergoes demyelination in the condition known as central pontine myelinolysis
Central pontine myelinolysis
Central pontine myelinolysis is neurological disease caused by severe damage of the myelin sheath of nerve cells in the brainstem, more precisely in the area termed the pons, predominately of iatrogenic etiology...
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Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia is an electrolyte disturbance in which the sodium concentration in the serum is lower than normal. In the vast majority of cases, hyponatremia occurs as a result of excess body water diluting the serum sodium and is not due to sodium deficiency. Sodium is the dominant extracellular...
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External links
- http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/pmjdc/
- http://pathcuric1.swmed.edu/PathDemo/cns1/cns1140.htm
- http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/panfc/
- http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/pons.htm