Abbreviation

RET

Species

Rat

Description of part

While there is some confusion in the literature about the various parts of the reticular formation, virtually all modern accounts are based on the pioneering work of Plszewski and his colleagues (Meesen and Olszewski 1949, Olszewski and Baxter 1954), which was modified by Brodal (1957) for the cat and by Valverde (1962) for the rat.

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Swanson-1992

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy was constructed and adapted according to the information found in the Rat Brain Atlas, Swanson 1992. We have considered three types of brain structures: grisea (neural masses), fiber tracts, and ventricles. The hierarchical tree was constructed by taking into account two criteria: the set of classes and subclasses of the basic cell groups and fiber systems of the rat CNS and the topological positions of structures relative to superstructures.

Reference

Reticular formation - Rat - Swanson-1998
Reticular formation - Rat - Swanson-2004