Brainstems

He had said, We're just brainstems, pouncing at what grabs our attention. ❋ Tantra Bensko (2011)

Unfortunately the new federal law requiring the removal of spinal columns and brainstems from dead livestock has put the only rendering company in the state out of business. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But words have consequences, rhetoric shapes reality, and much as we like to believe that we are creatures of reason, there is something about our species' limbic system and lizard brainstems that makes us susceptible to irrational fantasies. ❋ Marty Kaplan (2011)

Psychedelic acid rock, both powerful and political, reached into our ears and shook us by the brainstems. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once these evil eels crawled into their ears and wrapped themselves around their brainstems, they suddenly found themselves fibbing more than Pinocchio or, perhaps, Rod Blagojevich and, in so doing, gave Khan a really serious bomb and Kirk a really serious ulcer. ❋ William Harryman (2009)

Boxers have battled on after their brainstems have been severed. ❋ Steven Barnes (2008)

Read what they say while demanding an apology and you're not left wondering why the Jews are being called upon to leave, but rather you're left wondering how is it that such a great country as France came to be run by people who have damaged brainstems... ❋ Unknown (2004)

The new work revealed that the brainstems of these babies had lower than normal levels of serotonin, a chemical that transmits messages between nerve cells. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shining blue light on brainstems or spinal cords isolated from these mice produces walking-like motor activity, the study published in the scientific journal Nature Neuroscience stated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We're never going to accomplish anything worthwhile when like a quarter of us only have brainstems keeping us going and the rest is being held in place by a hoodie and scabs. ❋ Ian Fortey (2010)

Researchers performed autopsies on 35 infants who died of SIDS, comparing chemicals in their brainstems with those found in seven babies who died unexpectedly of known causes and five infants who died from other chronic problems related to a lack of oxygen, the study says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 35 of those infants 'brainstems, levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin were on average ❋ Unknown (2010)

1. Oh man... stay away from [Noodles]. He's gone [brainstem]. 2. That stupid brainstem [Billy] just tried to grab my boobs! ❋ Dayvudd (2008)

"I went home with [dat bitch] from the club last night, and [ya know] I had to get me some brainstem ['n shit]." ❋ Chirs Bailey (2003)

Guy1:Man I want to [smack up] that bitch Guy2:You some kind of Brainstem? fool... Holy shit, stop [humping] [my leg] you Brainstem ❋ Jeff Wong (2008)