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Noun Concept
Categories: Central nervous system, Brainstem, Neuroscience of Sleep, All articles needing additional references
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reticular formation  RF  Ascending arousal system  ascending reticular activating system  ascending reticular activation system
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A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone WordNet 3.0
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A complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The reticular formation is a set of interconnected nuclei that are located throughout the brainstem. Wikipedia
A region in the brainstem that is involved in multiple tasks Wikipedia Disambiguation
Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli. Wiktionary
Part of brain. Wiktionary (translation)
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neural network
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reticular activating system
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brainstem
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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reticular formation, RF
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reticular formation
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reticular formation
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reticular formation
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