Reticular Formation

Retikulärt system

Engelsk definition

A region extending from the PONS & MEDULLA OBLONGATA through the MESENCEPHALON, characterized by a diversity of neurons of various sizes and shapes, arranged in different aggregations and enmeshed in a complicated fiber network.

Svenska synonymer

Retikulär substans Formatio reticularis

Engelska synonymer

Formation, Reticular Formations, Reticular Reticular Formations