Other than the word brainstem instead of cortex, he is correct.    From Wordnik.com.  [PVS & The Swallowing Myth] Reference

The brainstem is not in the final analysis a thoughtful companion.    From Wordnik.com.  [June 17th, 2009] Reference

They had injected the stem cell into the brainstem, which is the most delicate structure in the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The brainstem is the first part of the brain that processes auditory information and relays that information to higher brain centres.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily News & Analysis] Reference

“How can it be sorry without a functional brainstem?”.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » J. Loseth : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

It's as if the prefrontal cortex says: 'Cool it, brainstem!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Press Release Synopses] Reference

The most primitive of our brains, also called the brainstem.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Reptiles to Humans: A Three Brain Odyssey] Reference

A stab to the brainstem at the base of the skull would do it.    From Wordnik.com.  [State Of War]

She is nothing but a cerebellum, a brainstem, and a few limbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regarding The CAT Scan Of Terri Schiavo’s Brain] Reference

It had enough of a brainstem to breathe and keep its heart beating.    From Wordnik.com.  [“I’m glad you’ve decided not to kill it”] Reference

Reflex swallowing of saliva comes from the brainstem, not the cortex.    From Wordnik.com.  [PVS & The Swallowing Myth] Reference

If you don't have everything here blasting your brainstem, get to work.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fishing with an iPod... Fair or Foul?] Reference

You can't get far in life with just a brainstem, unless you're a lizard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barack Obama has not flip-flopped or betrayed his lefty fans. You need to understand: He's a "visionary minimalist."] Reference

But they haven't lost their brainstem function, more primitive reflexes.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 18, 2005] Reference

So, we look for non-social answers on the male brainstem and the male genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scenes From The Betrayal Of The American Man] Reference

The drug had gone directly into her brainstem, paralyzing her heart and lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

Two weeks ago she suffered a brainstem stroke and had to be fed through a tube.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference

Anyone with a functioning brainstem doesn't think welfare is worse than slavery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference

Children may also suffer from gliomas in the brainstem, at the base of the brain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brain Tumor - Diagnosis and Treatment] Reference

A human thirst for revenge, long dead, awakened in dormant parts of the brainstem.    From Wordnik.com.  [365 tomorrows » Wake Up : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference

They have grasp and other reflexes, but these reflexes are brainstem and spinal levels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Every birth a wanted birth. Oh, really?] Reference

"Vagal afferents from the uterus and cervix, provide direct connections to the brainstem".    From Wordnik.com.  [In Defense of the Hysterectomy] Reference

Do the latest buzzwords slide down your brainstem to lubricate the pathway to your wallet?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Greatest Weapon is Fear...] Reference

This state, in which patients never appear to be awake, involves partial brainstem functioning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Definition of Death] Reference

"We think music engages higher level functions in the cortex that actually tune the brainstem.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Playing Music Proven To Increase Intelligence | Impact Lab] Reference

Whole-brain death involves the destruction of the entire brain, both the higher brain and the brainstem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Definition of Death] Reference

It is my impression, by the way, that a baby can be considered anencephalic even in the presence of brainstem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abortion pre-Roe] Reference

In severe cases, it's going to push your brain right down into your brainstem, kind of down into your spinal cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 11, 2006] Reference

According to the government, alcohol expands your liver, distends your pancreas and turns your brainstem to jelly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don’t worry — drink and be merry] Reference

And in severe cases, it's going to push your brain right down into your brainstem, kind of down into your spinal cord.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2006] Reference

Under extreme conditions amygdala and brainstem can still over-ride and overwhelm all efforts at rational temporizing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hitting Doesn't Make Kids Better or Stronger] Reference

The 7cm-plus tumor was pressing on my brainstem, smooshing the facial nerves on the left against the inside of my skull.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tell-Tale Heart] Reference

Note: the death caused by brainstem impaction involves a cruciate ligament tear but is distinct from the Hangman's fracture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-03-01] Reference

In severe cases, it can push your brain right down into your brainstem, right down into your spinal cord and that will kill you.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2006] Reference

One group had one branch of their vagus nerve the main nerve leading from the brainstem to the stomach severed during the surgery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Passport update | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference

(PVS), while the higher brain is extensively damaged, causing irretrievable loss of consciousness, the brainstem is largely intact.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Definition of Death] Reference

Before the development of respirators and other modern life-supports, a working heart and lungs indicated continuing brainstem function.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Definition of Death] Reference

Other scientists who injected M. vaccae into mice found it stimulated neurons in the brainstem to start producing serotonin, said Matthews.    From Wordnik.com.  [It's good to get your hands dirty] Reference