DeCS

Descriptor English:

Brain

Descriptor Spanish:

Encéfalo

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor

encéfalo

Scope note:

Parte del SISTEMA NERVIOSO CENTRAL que está contenida en el interior de la calota craneal (CRÁNEO). Procedente del TUBO NEURAL, el encéfalo embrionario consta de tres porciones principales, a saber: el PROSENCÉFALO (porción anterior del encéfalo), el MESENCÉFALO (porción media del encéfalo), y el ROMBENCÉFALO (porción posterior del encéfalo). El desarrollo encefálico da lugar al CEREBRO, al CEREBELO, y a otras estructuras del TRONCO ENCEFÁLICO.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Encéfalo

Descriptor French:

Encéphale

Tree number(s):

A08.186.211

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001921

Scope note:

The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.

Annotation:

general; /blood supply: consider also CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; CRANIAL SINUSES; /cytol: do not routinely convert to NEURONS; /surg: consider specific neurosurgical procedures in Category E4; inflammation = ENCEPHALITIS & its specifics; infarct = CEREBRAL INFARCTION; malacia = ENCEPHALOMALACIA; brain-isolated, encéphale isolé, cerveau isolé: index DECEREBRATE STATE

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

Entry Combination:

injuries:Brain Injuries
transplantation:Brain Tissue Transplantation
chemistry:Brain Chemistry