Dictionary of Biological Psychology
That part of the RETICULAR FORMATION in the MEDULLA OBLONGATA.
It contains four parts: (1) the PARAMEDIAN RETICULAR AREA (involved in fine MOTOR CONTROL); (2) NUCLEUS GIGANTOCELLULARIS (involved in the regulation of SLEEP and tone of MUSCLES); (3) the LATERAL RETICULAR AREA (containing the LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS and PARVOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS); and (4) INTERMEDIATE RETICULAR NUCLEUS (concerned with AUTONOMIC functions).
See also: ascending reticular activating system; midbrain reticular formation; pontine reticular formation
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