the following mean measurements of the glucose utilization rate are based on studies of 34 normal volunteers and patients with no apparent pathology in the brain stem or cord : 5.0 +/- 1.0 ( sd ) mg glu/100 g/min for the mesencephalon-upper pons , 3.2 +/- 1.0 for the pons-medulla , and 1.7 +/- 0.6 for the upper cervical cord .
C0006121
brain stem
C0025462
mesencephalon