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.
ID
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D012154
altLabel
Formations, Reticular
Reticular Formations
Formation, Reticular
AQL
AB AH BS CH CY DE DG EM EN GD IM IN ME MI PA PH PP PS RE SU TR UL VI
cui
C0035284
DC
1
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.