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Meanings of reticular formation in English

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formação reticular

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.

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        Nine weeks post injury, reticulospinal tract axons were traced in 6 rats by injecting BDA into the reticular formation.
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        Furthermore, binding studies indicate an increase in the number of M2 muscarinic receptors in the pontine reticular formation of narcoleptic canines.
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        We recorded neurons in the NTS and medial reticular formation in anesthetized spontaneously breathing cats, and induced swallow by injection of water into the oropharynx.
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        I prevented their reticular formations from reporting the countess' smokes to their brains until I gave the cue.
        A Case of Conscience
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