loading...| Preferred Name |
pontine reticular formation |
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| Synonyms |
pons reticular formation reticular formation of pons pontine reticular nucleus reticular formation of pons of varolius pons of varolius reticular formation formatio reticularis pontis pontine reticular nucleus rostral part |
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| Definitions |
The reticular formation is a part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli. It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain. [WP,unvetted]. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002573 |
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| database_cross_reference |
SCTID:362403007 BM:Pons-PRF Wikipedia:Pontine_reticular_formation BIRNLEX:1050 UMLS:C0228428 BAMS:RET-PONS neuronames:561 EMAPA:35693 BAMS:PRF BAMS:PRN BAMS:PRNr DHBA:12480 FMA:68876 HBA:9161 |
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| definition |
The reticular formation is a part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli. It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain. [WP,unvetted]. |
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Gray701.png |
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| has_exact_synonym |
pons reticular formation reticular formation of pons pontine reticular nucleus reticular formation of pons of varolius pons of varolius reticular formation |
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uberon |
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| has_related_synonym |
formatio reticularis pontis pontine reticular nucleus rostral part |
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UBERON:0002573 |
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pontine reticular formation |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002573 |
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pontine reticular formation |
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