Search Result for "reticular_formation":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: reticular formation, RF]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reticular formation
    n 1: 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 [syn: reticular formation, RF]