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Noun
1. reticular formation
Wikipedia definition
2. Reticular formationThe reticular formation is a region in the pons that is involved in regulating the sleep-wake cycle and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli. It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain.
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