Talk:Area postrema

message: This sentence is in your  Anatomy section: “The vagal triangle overlies the dorsal vagal nucleus and it situated on the caudal end…” and I think that instead of “it” you meant “is.”  Otherwise, this section is very informational and cohesive.
You end your article by saying that “research on this circumventricular organ has continued to thrive,” but you do not talk about any ongoing studies.  Are there any?  What is the aim of continuing to study this?  It would be good to have at least one article to back that statement to talk about research today and possible directions it may take.  Development of the area postrema: An immunohistochemical study in the macaque, Brain Research, Volume 1280, 14 July 2009, Pages 23-32.  This is a paper that talks about a monkey model used to study the area postrema.  Maybe talking about their research would be a valuable addition that could back your statement that this research is continuing to thrive.  Also in this article, there is a large amount of mechanistic information.  Most of it is thick and may bog down your article if you take too much from it, but maybe an example would be useful?
Aaron.fishman  (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 23:26, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In the history and current research section, it is acknowledged that Borison and Wang proposed the role of the area postrema in emesis, which is said to have been later confirmed by many laboratories, but it goes on to say that the model that they created was found to be incorrect.  Is there any clarification that might justify these seemingly incompatible points?  Perhaps drawing from Leslie, R. A. and Miller’s paper on the subject of the area postrema’s integration with the nucleus of the solitary tract might help elaborate on the current research examining the pathway of emetic responses.
The formatting of this section could be improved to make it more like the others.  Also, I believe Lithium Chloride falls under the category of spurious captilization. Hassan.zayn (talk) 09:39, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Strong article! The graphics are an excellent resource in understanding the topic. For expansion, you may consider providing more details on the current research, especially in regard to your last sentence about animal research and discrepencies. Also, what does the future research for Area postrema look like? marissa.hone (talk) 12:46, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Overall, I think formatting this article would bring about a great deal of improvement. The indentations and paragraph spacing seem to be inconsistent and somewhat distracting. Finally, the final paragraph of the article is quite long and the title has two subjects. Perhaps breaking up this section into two subsections, one for current research/future research and another for previous research would allow readers to not feel overwhelmed by a large wall of text. Also, going through and adding hyperlinks to other articles in the last two sections could help bring the article together. Perhaps a picture of the area postrema's location within the brain to give people a better idea of where it is. Aceintheh0l3 (talk) 23:13, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the article could benefit from some formatting and links especially in the last two sections, but I think that overall the article is very informative and I really like the pictures that you guys incorporated. When I was doing some research I found some information that might be useful to you guys- in the last paragraph of the Pathology section you state that “There are also studies still currently underway to determine the effect of ablation of the area postrema on hypertension and cardiovascular function. For example, studies in rats and rabbits indicate that angiotension II- dependent hypertension is abolished by lesioning of the area postrema.” I think that it would be a good piece of information to also add that lesioning the area postrema impairs osmoregulatory responses in rats, as studied by Curtis KS, Huang W, Sved AF et al. (article title: Impaired osmoregulatory responses in rats with area postrema lesions.) I think that if you discussed this it would add a little substance to that last paragraph and also show another effect that lesioning the area postrema would have on potentially the same rats. Overall though, nice work. lavallco (talk) 20:23, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
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message: The information about concerning the disease is very detailed and very informative. The layout of the information can be more wikipedia friendly. There could be a specific section, which specifically discusses the malformations/lesions of the area postrema. I noticed in the article that lesions of the area postrema are sometimes referred to as “ ‘central vagotomy’ because they eliminate the brain’s ability to monitor the physiological status through its vagus nerve.” I would suggest making this a specific subsection so that wikipedia readers can easily find it when they come on your page. Explain how people develop this malformations or lesions to the area postrema. Is it through cranial damage or is it hereditary.  
There also could be another section discussing similarities between area postrema and other disorders which were mentioned in the article. I know that there similarities/correlation between that of Parkinson disease and area postrema in terms of affecting movement. I noticed that you discuss the how both disorders are affected dopamine receptors. In “Principles of Pharmacology: the Pathophysiologic basis of drug therapy, I noted the D2 receptors are affected in the area postrema and you can see if there are similarities in any other of the disorders which explains the similarities. A treatment sections discussing how patients treat or deal with these lesions whether it is through surgery or drugs which affect neurotransmitters such as the dopamine receptors.
I also noted that was a history section and current research section and I thought that it would be good to separate them. Perhaps put the history section in the beginning and the current research section at the end. I also thought that that it would be helpful to have a social section, which describes what patients with these disease can contact for emotional support. 
(jesspf (talk) 11:43, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
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message: Wikiation (talk) 17:27, 3 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shouldn't this article be merged with [[Chemoreceptor trigger zone]]? 

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replies: text: Neither link is needed, as these pictures and text are redundant with the article content and images, or emphasize other structures over the area postrema. Will remove all external links per WP:ELNO. --Zefr (talk) 15:51, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
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