HyperDic: reticular_activating_system

English > 1 sense of the expression reticular activating system:
NOUNbodyreticular activating system, RASthe network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal / arousal function
English > reticular activating system: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningThe network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal / arousal function.
SynonymRAS
Part ofreticular formation, RFA complex neural network in the central core of the brainstem
Broaderneural network, neural netAny network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body

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