brainstem stroke meaning

• [Medicine]
  Infarctions that occur in the brain stem which is comprised of the midbrain,pons,and medulla. There are several named syndromes characterized by their distinctive clinical manifestations and specific sites of ischemic injury.

• He retired in 1984 and suffered a brainstem stroke in 1987.
• Usually, brainstem strokes are " very, very serious,"
• The second appeal in this case related to an individual using the pseudonym Martin who had suffered a brainstem stroke in 2008.
• There is also concern about the permanence of consciousness loss, based on studies in cats, dogs and monkeys which recovered consciousness days or weeks after being rendered comatose by brainstem ablation and on human studies of Brainstem stroke syndrome raising thoughts about the  plasticity of the nervous system.

• "brainstem stroke" meaning in Chinese: 《英文msh词典》Brainstem Stroke