Reticular_formationWordNet Explorer

a complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem; monitors the state of the body and functions in such processes as arousal and sleep and attention and muscle tone

any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body

the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus

the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function