Definition of supranuclear in English:
supranuclear
adjectiveˌsjuːprəˈnjʊːkliəˌsuːprəˈnjʊːkliə
Anatomy Situated, occurring, or originating above a nucleus of the central nervous system.
progressive supranuclear palsy
Example sentencesExamples
- The remaining 19 patients showed miscellaneous neuropathologic diagnoses, including normal pressure hydrocephalus and progressive supranuclear palsy.
- Aggregation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum in the supranuclear region has also been described in the brush cells of the striped snake.
- The cytoplasmic staining in both the hyperplasias and proliferative endometria was characterized by a paranuclear reaction, predominantly in the subnuclear/basal compartment, but also in the supranuclear region.
- More specific details about cases of multiple system atrophy and progressive supranuclear palsy and about atypical cases are reported elsewhere.
- Of these 18 patients, autopsy results confirmed AD in 17 and progressive supranuclear palsy in one.