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noun
Part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: RF
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Broader terms: neural network, neural net
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