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raphe

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raphe [′rā·fē]
(anatomy)
A broad seamlike junction between two lateral halves of an organ or other body part.
(botany)
The part of the funiculus attached along its full length to the integument of an anatropous ovule, between the chalaza and the attachment to the placenta.
The longitudinal median line or slit on a diatom valve.
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From there they project into the LC and other areas such as the reticular formation and the raphe nuclei, which play a role in REM sleep.
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But it is chiselled in stone, when the rise in the core body temperature takes place, then the midbrain Reticular Formation Dorsal Raphe Nuclei neurons are firing at their best possible rates.
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