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  • noun Plural form of diencephalon.

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Examples

  • But among the fundamental results of the experimental exploration of the diencephalons alone was the finding that the effects produced from this part of the brain are not restricted to the vegetative system.

    Walter Hess - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • In the rostral diencephalons, labeled descending fibers appeared gathered in the medial part of the crus cerebri and scattered labeled descending fibers were observed ipsilaterally in the subthalmic nucleus, the zona incerta and adjacent thalamic nuclei.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Satoru Onodera et al. 2009

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