Reticular formation and spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord
D Wang

Abstract

Compact literature review to provide basic knowledge of the reticular formation (RF) for clinicians. United Kingdom. The anatomical findings were collected from very recently published and well-edited books on neuroscience instead of hundreds of articles that contain materials still requiring test of time and difficult for busy clinicians to digest. Other individual references on specific issues such as a micturition centre, source of sildenafil citrate and so on are added. Clinical considerations discuss commonly encountered problems of spinal cord injury service and science. Every clinical condition is discussed in conjunction with the anatomy and physiology of the RF. This section involves anatomy. (1) The core RF is located in the brain stem. The RF proper is divided into three longitudinal zones: the lateral (sensory), the medial (motor) and the midline (all others) zone. The midline zone is essential for wakefulness and consciousness. (2) Other brain stem structures sharing functions of the RF proper: periaqueductal grey (PAG), red nuclei, inferior olivary nucleus and precerebellar nucleus. PAG is almost related to all functions of the central nervous system, whereas the others are more connected to cerebellar functions o...Continue Reading

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Sep 5, 2009·Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology·Fin Biering-SørensenMichael Laub
Apr 24, 2013·Journal of Neuroimaging : Official Journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging·Taro NishikawaYukihiko Fujii
Apr 27, 2013·Sleep Medicine Reviews·Maria Pia GiannoccaroGiuseppe Plazzi
Jan 20, 2010·International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience·Anna M LavezziLuigi Matturri
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