Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Situated around the aqueduct of the brain.
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- adjective anatomy literally surrounding the
aqueduct ; usually in reference toperiaqueductal grey , or some other part ofanatomy .
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Examples
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However, as the predator moved closer, the brain activity shifted to a region of the brain responsible for more primitive behaviour, namely the periaqueductal grey.
Boing Boing 2007
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One example is the region known as the periaqueductal gray PAG, which is a major coordinator of emotional responses.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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One example is the region known as the periaqueductal gray PAG, which is a major coordinator of emotional responses.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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One example is the region known as the periaqueductal gray PAG, which is a major coordinator of emotional responses.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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One example is the region known as the periaqueductal gray PAG, which is a major coordinator of emotional responses.
Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004
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One important reason breathing affects mood and pain is because of its impact upon a part of the brain known as the periaqueductal gray area, or PAG.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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One important reason breathing affects mood and pain is because of its impact upon a part of the brain known as the periaqueductal gray area, or PAG.
Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001
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The periaqueductal grey is associated with quick-response survival mechanisms, which include fight, flight and freezing.
Boing Boing 2007
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Controlled by the periaqueductal grey, an area of grey matter in the mid-brain, known to have a role in the suppression of pain in men but perhaps not in women.
Brain differences (continued) aliqot 2008
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Controlled by the periaqueductal grey, an area of grey matter in the mid-brain, known to have a role in the suppression of pain in men but perhaps not in women.
Archive 2008-07-01 aliqot 2008
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