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Joe first shared the devastating news that Joules was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) earlier this year in a TikTok posted on May 27.
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Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Hobson and McCarley proposed a complex physiological model in which the activation is driven by the giant cells of the pontine tegmentum.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
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Athena Sobhan, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Hobson and McCarley proposed a complex physiological model in which the activation is driven by the giant cells of the pontine tegmentum.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
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“Pontine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pontine. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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pontine
adjective
pon·tine
ˈpän-ˌtīn 
: of or relating to the pons
a study of pontine lesions
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