How to Use hindbrain in a Sentence

hindbrain

noun
  • As a result, the team got to work and became the first to turn pluripotent stem cells into hindbrain motor neurons in a lab.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Like, rot-your-mind, hindbrain stimulation, violence/gore/goofy villains-type fun.
    — Lily Osler, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In contrast, very little is known about how the hindbrain and spinal cord adopt different fates; the new paper cites only one reference on the topic.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • One big question has always been whether cells in the ectoderm were already destined to become the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain.
    — Mike McRae 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The discovery explains why attempts in the past to develop hindbrain neurons from ectoderm stem cells failed – those cells had already been locked in as forebrain or midbrain neurons.
    — Mike McRae 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
  • At the midbrain-hindbrain boundary, for example, cells activate a distinct set of genes that include signaling molecules that go on to influence the development of the neighboring tissues on both sides of the boundary.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
  • By zooming in on the earliest stages of embryonic development in mice models, the researchers found that the hindbrain follows a separate, but parallel, developmental path than the forebrain.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026
  • This implies that our own hindbrain is already represented by an exclusive lineage of cells distinct from the forebrain and midbrain just three weeks after conception, roughly when other major organs like the heart are distinguishing themselves.
    — Mike McRae 21, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The loci cluster around genes involved in circadian regulation, retinal photoreception and signaling pathways in the hypothalamus and hindbrain.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

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