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FORMATION RETICULEE ACTIVATRICE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2004-02-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Nervous System
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- reticular activating formation
1, record 1, English, reticular%20activating%20formation
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
- RAF 2, record 1, English, RAF
correct
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A diffuse network of neurons running from the hindbrain, into the midbrain and up into the thalamus and hypothalamus of the forebrain. It receives input from most of the senses and sends outputs to many higher brain centres, filtering the sensory information that reaches the conscious brain. 3, record 1, English, - reticular%20activating%20formation
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
When you wake up in the morning and become conscious ... there is a little switch that clicks on in your reptile brain. This is called the reticular activating formation (RAF). When it is off, you are asleep or in a coma. When it's on, you wake up and you walk around absorbing incoming signals and stimulus. 2, record 1, English, - reticular%20activating%20formation
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Système nerveux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- formation réticulée activatrice
1, record 1, French, formation%20r%C3%A9ticul%C3%A9e%20activatrice
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- formation réticulaire activatrice 2, record 1, French, formation%20r%C3%A9ticulaire%20activatrice
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Constitué d'un réseau de fibres et de noyaux cellulaires échelonnés dorsalement le long du canal épendymaire, du bulbe au diencéphale, la formation réticulée présente deux sections : l'une à relais synaptiques ascendants thalamo-corticaux, c'est la formation réticulaire activatrice des centres supérieurs; l'autre en connexion avec les centres bulbo-mésencéphaliques, c'est le système descendant (excitateur et inhibiteur) qui contrôle l'activité de la moelle. 2, record 1, French, - formation%20r%C3%A9ticul%C3%A9e%20activatrice
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Un coma traduit une défaillance de la formation réticulée activatrice ascendante (FRAA) du tronc cérébral qui constitue le support neurophysiologique de la vigilance. 3, record 1, French, - formation%20r%C3%A9ticul%C3%A9e%20activatrice
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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