"Reticular Formation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012154
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.211.132.772
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| Concept/Terms |
Reticular Formation- Reticular Formation
- Formation, Reticular
- Formations, Reticular
- Reticular Formations
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Reticular Formation" by people in Profiles.
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In Memoriam: Alberto Zanchetti (Parma July 27, 1926 - Milan March 24, 2018). J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 05; 20(5):826-828.
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Reduced glutathione is highly expressed in white matter and neurons in the unperturbed mouse brain--implications for oxidative stress associated with neurodegeneration. Brain Res. 2009 Jun 18; 1276:22-30.
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Transplantation of hypocretin neurons into the pontine reticular formation: preliminary results. Sleep. 2004 Dec 15; 27(8):1465-70.
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Hypocretin receptor protein and mRNA expression in the dorsolateral pons of rats. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2001 Mar 31; 88(1-2):176-82.
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Different responses to opioids measured in terminals and somas of Edinger-Westphal neurons. Neuroscience. 1993 Nov; 57(2):425-32.
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Cholinergic receptor subtypes and REM sleep in animals and normal controls. Prog Brain Res. 1993; 98:379-87.
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Cholinergic antagonists and REM sleep generation. Brain Res. 1991 Mar 08; 543(1):175-9.
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Distribution of choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive somata in the feline brainstem: implications for REM sleep generation. Sleep. 1988 Feb; 11(1):1-16.
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Relation of pontine choline acetyltransferase immunoreactive neurons with cells which increase discharge during REM sleep. Brain Res Bull. 1987 Mar; 18(3):447-55.
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Continuous pontine cholinergic microinfusion via mini-pump induces sustained alterations in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1986 Dec; 25(6):1253-61.