Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reticular_formation

1 sense of reticular formation

Sense 1
reticular formation, 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)
       => neural network, neural net -- (any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body)