reticular formation

Noun reticular formation has 1 sense

• reticular formation(n = noun.body) rf - 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; Array
is a part of brain-stem, brain stem, brainstem
is a kind of neural net, neural network
has parts: ras, reticular activating system