Term: Reticular formation

Definition: While there is some confusion in the literature about the various parts of the reticular formation, virtually every modern account is based on the pioneering work of Olszewski and his colleagues (Meessen and Olszewski 1949; Olszewski and Baxter 1954), which was modified by Brodal (1957) for the cat and by Valverde (1962) for the rat.

Nomenclature: Swanson-2004

Parents Relation type
Reticular core is part
Related concepts Relation type
Mesencephalic reticular nucleus has part
Pedunculopontine nucleus has part
Cuneiform nucleus has part
Pontine reticular nucleus has part
Gigantocellular reticular nucleus has part
Paragigantocellular reticular nucleus has part
Parapyramidal nucleus has part
Magnocellular reticular nucleus has part
Supratrigeminal nucleus has part
Medullary reticular nucleus has part
Parvicellular reticular nucleus has part