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reticular formation

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reticular formation [re′tik·yə·lər fȯr¦mā·shən]
(neuroscience)
The portion of the central nervous system which consists of small islands of gray matter separated by fine bundles of nerve fibers running in every direction.


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23) Intermediate densities were found in the parvicellular reticular formation, and the lowest concentration of receptors was found in the vestibular nuclei.
This mechanism, under the autonomic nervous system control, seems cholinergic, regulated by the premotor cortex, the hypothalamus and limbic systems, and the reticular formation.
Diazepam binds in both the brainstem reticular formation and the spinal polysynaptic pathways, with a greater impact on the reticular formation.
 
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