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reticular formation

Broader Terms:

rhombencephalon

Related Terms:

auditory pathway

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respiration regulatory center

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sleep regulatory center

Scope Note:

area in the tegmentum of the midbrain and pons and its continuation into the medulla and upper spinal cord, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network.

Term Number:

0480-2053


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