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Reticular formation of pons

Known as: Pontine Reticular Formations, Formatio reticularis pontis, Formations, Pontine Reticular 
 
National Institutes of Health

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Central gray substance of ponsOral pontine reticular nucleusReticulotegmental nucleusStructure of inferior central nucleus of pons
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Structure of subthalamic nucleusStructure of superior central nucleus of ponsVentral Tegmental Areacaudal pontine reticular nucleus

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Structure of tegmental portion of pons

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2015
2015
A subcortical inhibitory signal for behavioral arrest in the thalamus
Organization of behavior requires rapid coordination of brainstem and forebrain activity. The exact mechanisms of effective… Expand
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2011
2011
Endogenous GABA Levels in the Pontine Reticular Formation Are Greater during Wakefulness than during Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Studies using drugs that increase or decrease GABAergic transmission suggest that GABA in the pontine reticular formation (PRF… Expand
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2011
2011
Sleep duration varies as a function of glutamate and GABA in rat pontine reticular formation.
The oral part of the pontine reticular formation (PnO) is a component of the ascending reticular activating system and plays a… Expand
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2010
2010
Benzodiazepine receptor agonists cause drug-specific and state-specific alterations in EEG power and acetylcholine release in rat pontine reticular formation.
STUDY OBJECTIVES Benzodiazepine (BDZ) and non-benzodiazepine (NBDZ) hypnotics enhance GABAergic transmission and are widely used… Expand
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2009
2009
Opioid-induced Decreases in Rat Brain Adenosine Levels Are Reversed by Inhibiting Adenosine Deaminase
Background:Opioids disrupt sleep and adenosine promotes sleep, but no studies have characterized the effects of opioids on… Expand
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Emergent properties of CNS neuronal networks as targets for pharmacology: application to anticonvulsant drug action
CNS drugs may act by modifying the emergent properties of complex CNS neuronal networks. Emergent properties are network… Expand
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1999
1999
REM sleep enhancement and behavioral cataplexy following orexin (hypocretin)-II receptor antisense perfusion in the pontine reticular formation.
Orexin (hypocretin)-containing neurons of the hypothalamus project to brainstem sites that are involved in the neural control of… Expand
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Pontine microinjection of carbachol does not reliably enhance paradoxical sleep in rats.
It has been repeatedly shown in cats that acute administration of carbachol into the pontine reticular formation (PRF) readily… Expand
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1986
1986
Pontine neuronal response to local cholinergic infusion: Relation to REM sleep
In behaving cats, a cholinergic agonist, carbachol, or Ringer's solution were infused into the pontine reticular formation (PRF… Expand
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1976
Highly Cited
1976
Coding of information about rapid eye movements in the pontine reticular formation of alert monkeys
Neurons in the rostral paramedian zone of the pontine reticular formation (PRF) have distinct frequency changes prior to and… Expand
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