loading...| Preferred Name | reticular formation | |
| Synonyms |
brain stem reticular formation reticular formation of the brainstem reticular formation (classical) brainstem reticular formation |
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| Definitions |
A composite substructure of the brainstem that consists of the midbrain reticular formation, the pontine reticular formation and the medullary reticular formation ( Carpenter-1983 ). |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002275 |
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neuronames:1223 Wikipedia:Reticular_formation MESH:D012154 EMAPA:35188 SCTID:361552007 BAMS:RET FMA:77719 MA:0003185 NLX:143558 |
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| definition |
A composite substructure of the brainstem that consists of the midbrain reticular formation, the pontine reticular formation and the medullary reticular formation ( Carpenter-1983 ). |
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| depiction |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Gray701.png |
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| has_exact_synonym |
brain stem reticular formation reticular formation of the brainstem reticular formation (classical) brainstem reticular formation |
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uberon |
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| IAO_0000232 |
this class denotes the generic structure, and not a specific one such as medullary or pontine reticular formation. |
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UBERON:0002275 |
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reticular formation |
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| notation |
UBERON:0002275 |
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reticular formation |
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| UBPROP_0000008 |
It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain. |
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| UBPROP_0000012 |
FMA has a spinal cord reticular formation but we follow NNs (classical) to restrict this to brainstem structures. This means we also include the MA class for brainstem reticular formation here. FMA has subtypes of reticular formation but we treat this as a composite structure |
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