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reticular formation
Broader Terms:
rhombencephalon
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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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