Behavioral functions of the reticular formation

Brain stem reticular formation and activation of the EEG

1949 • 4,188 citations

Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates of behavior.

1966 • 2,489 citations

Locomotion in vertebrates: central mechanisms and reflex interaction

1975 • 1,387 citations

Neurological Anatomy. In Relation to Clinical Medicine.

1970 • 1,250 citations

Neurophysiology of locomotor automatism

1976 • 1,020 citations

[Research on the neural structures and responsible mechanisms in different phases of physiological sleep].

1962 • 908 citations

The cytoarchitecture of the brain stem of the cat. I. Brain stem nuclei of cat

1961 • 812 citations

AN INHIBITORY MECHANISM IN THE BULBAR RETICULAR FORMATION

1946 • 736 citations

Participation of medial pontine reticular formation in eye movement generation in monkey.

1974 • 727 citations

The Brain Stem of the Cat

1969 • 673 citations

Three bulbospinal pathways from the rostral medulla of the cat: An autoradiographic study of pain modulating systems

1978 • 637 citations

Activation: A Neuropsychological Dimension

1979 • 631 citations

TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DISCHARGE OF PYRAMIDAL TRACT NEURONS DURING SLEEP AND WAKING IN THE MONKEY

1964 • 579 citations

Activity of brain stem neurons during eye movements of alert monkeys.

1972 • 573 citations

Eye-Head Coordination in Monkeys: Evidence for Centrally Patterned Organization

1971 • 543 citations

Direct and indirect preoculomotor pathways of the brainstem: An autoradiographic study of the pontine reticular formation in the cat

1977 • 522 citations

Locus coeruleus et sommeil paradoxal

1965 • 436 citations

Learning centers of rat brain mapped by measuring latencies of conditioned unit responses.

1972 • 433 citations

Neurons that subserve the sensory-discriminative aspects of pain

1977 • 429 citations

Cortical, tectal and tegmental fiber connections in the spinal cord of the cat

1967 • 401 citations

Vertical eye movement related unit activity in the rostral mesencephalic reticular formation of the alert monkey

1977 • 370 citations

Sites and mode of termination of reticulo‐spinal fibers in the cat. An experimental study with silver impregnation methods

1965 • 362 citations

Topographischer Hirnatlas der Katze für experimental-physiologische Untersuchungen

1963 • 350 citations

Unit activity in the pontine reticular formation associated with eye movements

1972 • 347 citations

Neurology and the mind-brain problem

1952 • 345 citations

Inhibitory effects evoked through ventral reticulospinal pathways.

1968 • 314 citations

Respiratory synchronizing function of nucleus parabrachialis medialis: pneumotaxic mechanisms.

1971 • 297 citations

Patterns of projection and branching of reticulospinal neurons

1975 • 287 citations

A re-evaluation of the effects of lesions of the pontine tegmentum and locus coeruleus on phenomena of paradoxical sleep in the cat.

1974 • 286 citations

Inhibitory reticular neurons related to the quick phase of vestibular nystagmus ? Their location and projection

1977 • 284 citations

A study of the origin of brain stem projections to monkey spinal cord using the retrograde transport method

1978 • 279 citations

Selective firing by cat pontine brain stem neurons in desynchronized sleep.

1974 • 270 citations

Reticular formation of the pons and medulla oblongata. A Golgi study

1961 • 269 citations

A STUDY OF THE SHERRINGTON DECEREBRATE ANIMAL IN THE CHRONIC AS WELL AS THE ACUTE CONDITION

1922 • 261 citations

Afferents to brain stem nuclei (brain stem raphe, nucleus reticularis pontis caudalis and nucleus gigantocellularis) in the rat as demonstrated by microiontophoretically applied horseradish peroxidase

1978 • 258 citations

Responses of ponto-medullary reticular neurons to cortical, tectal and cutaneous stimuli

1974 • 254 citations

The projection of the superior colliculus onto the reticular formation of the brain stem an experimental anatomical study in the cat

1974 • 251 citations

Reticulospinal excitation and inhibition of neck motoneurons

1978 • 247 citations

Reticulospinal inhibition of transmission in reflex pathways

1968 • 244 citations

The origin of reticulospinal fibers in the cat. An experimental study

1957 • 242 citations

On the Descending Control of the Lumbosacral Spinal Cord from the “Mesencephalic Locomotor Region”

1973 • 242 citations

Physiological and anatomical studies on large neurons of central nervous system of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus). I. Müller and Mauthner cells.

1967 • 239 citations

EVOKED AND SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IN SINGLE UNITS OF MEDIAL BRAIN STEM DURING NATURAL SLEEP AND WAKING

1961 • 238 citations

Long inhibitory and excitatory pathways converging onto cat reticular and Deiters' neurons and their relevance to reticulofugal axons.

1970 • 236 citations

CONVERGENCE AND INTERACTION OF AFFERENT IMPULSES ON SINGLE UNITS OF RETICULAR FORMATION

1955 • 235 citations

Spinal projections from the midbrain in monkey

1978 • 228 citations

Corticofugal fibres to the brain-stem reticular formation; an experimental study in the cat.

1956 • 222 citations

Cataplectic-like behavior in cats after micro-injections of carbachol in pontine reticular formation

1974 • 221 citations

Organization of brainstem behavioral systems

1976 • 220 citations

BEHAVIOR OF CHRONIC DECEREBRATE RATS

1964 • 218 citations

BRAIN STEM FACILITATION OF CORTICAL MOTOR RESPONSE

1946 • 213 citations

Activity of medullary reticular formation neurons in the unrestrained cat during waking and sleep

1979 • 209 citations

Brain unit activity during behavior

1974 • 207 citations

Ensemble characterivstics ofcat locovmotionand its neural control

1976 • 195 citations

Central control of posture: reciprocal discharge by two pontine neuronal groups leading to suppression of decerebrate rigidity

1976 • 194 citations

Control of Posture by Reticular Formation and Cerebellum in the Intact, Anesthetized and Unanesthetized and in the Decerebrated Cat

1953 • 194 citations

UNIT ACTIVITY IN RETICULAR FORMATION AND NEARBY STRUCTURES

1954 • 192 citations

SENSORY PROPERTIES OF NEURONS IN THE MESENCEPHALIC RETICULAR FORMATION

1964 • 190 citations

Responses of medial reticular neurons to stimulation of the vestibular nerve

1975 • 184 citations

Selective discharge of pontine neurons during the postural atonia produced by an anticholinesterase in the decerebrate cat.

1976 • 182 citations

Pontine Reticular Formation Neurons: Relationship of Discharge to Motor Activity

1977 • 172 citations

Coding of information about rapid eye movements in the pontine reticular formation of alert monkeys

1976 • 167 citations

The Origin of a Descending Pathway with Monosynaptic Action on Flexor Motoneurones

1968 • 164 citations

Neuronal discharges of the ventrolateral nucleus of the thalamus during sleep and wakefulness in the cat I. Spontaneous activity

1971 • 163 citations

Changes in responses of medial pontomedullary reticular neurons during repetitive cutaneous, vestibular, cortical, and tectal stimulation

1976 • 162 citations

Sleep and waking activity of pontine gigantocellular field neurons

1977 • 157 citations

MECHANISMS OF SUPRASPINAL ACTIONS UPON SPINAL CORD ACTIVITIES. RETICULAR INHIBITORY MECHANISMS UPON FLEXOR MOTONEURONS

1965 • 156 citations

Reticulospinal inhibition of interneurones

1968 • 153 citations

Discrimination of different spinal monosynaptic pathways converging into reticular neurons.

1970 • 153 citations

Brain stem reticular formation and activation of the EEG. Electroencephalogr., clin.

1949 • 153 citations

Electrooculographic Syndrome in Monkeys After Pontine Reticular Formation Lesions

1968 • 153 citations

Somatosensory properties of spinoreticular neurons in the cat

1977 • 150 citations

A bulbar relay to the centre median.

1968 • 149 citations

Sibling Patterns in Schizophrenia

1958 • 143 citations

Control of Gaze by Brain Stem Neurons

1978 • 141 citations

Somatic stimuli, spinal pathways, and size of cutaneous fibers influencing unit activity in the medial medulary reticular formation

1969 • 140 citations

MECHANISMS OF SUPRASPINAL ACTIONS UPON SPINAL CORD ACTIVITIES. RETICULAR INHIBITORY MECHANISMS ON ALPHA-EXTENSOR MOTONEURONS

1964 • 139 citations

The effects of chronic brain-stem lesions on cortical and muscular activity during sleep and waking in the cat

1965 • 138 citations

Single Neuron Activity in Cat Gigantocellular Tegmental Field: Selectivity of Discharge in Desynchronized Sleep

1971 • 136 citations

Attack, eating, drinking, and gnawing elicited by electrical stimulation of rat mesencephalon and pons.

1975 • 131 citations

Selective firing of rat pontine gigantocellular neurons during movement and REM sleep

1977 • 130 citations

Neurological Basis of Behavior

1959 • 130 citations

Behavioral and polygraphic study of “sleep” and “wakefulness” in chronic decerebrate cats

1966 • 126 citations

A NEUROANATOMICAL AND BEHAVIORAL ANALYSIS OF THE SYNDROMES RESULTING FROM MIDBRAIN LEMNISCAL AND RETICULAR LESIONS IN THE CAT.

1963 • 125 citations

Vestibular and medullary brain stem afferents to the abducens nucleus in the cat

1977 • 120 citations

Intracellular Analysis of Trigeminal Motoneuron Activity During Sleep in the Cat

1978 • 119 citations

Neuronal activity specific to REM sleep and its relationship to breathing

1977 • 117 citations

RESULTS OF STIMULATION OF THE TEGMENTUM WITH THE HORSLEY-CLARKE STEREOTAXIC APPARATUS

1932 • 117 citations

Reticulospinal neurones

1964 • 111 citations

Sleep abnormalities in patients with brain stem lesions

1976 • 111 citations

Neurobiology of Sleep and Memory

1977 • 108 citations

The Mauthner Cell

1971 • 108 citations

A study of pontine lesions suppressing deep sleep in the cat.

1965 • 105 citations

Three dimensional representation of bulbo-pontine respiratory networks architecture from unit density maps

1976 • 104 citations

Attack, grooming, and threat elicited by stimulation of the pontine tegmentum in cats

1973 • 100 citations

Somatosensory Responses of Bulboreticular Units in Awake Cat: Relation to Escape-Producing Stimuli

1971 • 100 citations

Somatic sensory properties of bulbar reticular neurons.

1967 • 99 citations

Interrelationship among multiunit activity of the midbrain reticular formation and lateral geniculate nucleus, thalamocortical arousal, and behavior in rats.

1975 • 97 citations

[Work of reticulo-spinal neurons during locomotion].

1970 • 96 citations

Die Neuronenaktivität in der Formatio reticularis des Rhombencephalons beim vestibulären Nystagmus

1957 • 95 citations

Properties of projections from vestibular nuclei to medial reticular formation in the cat

1975 • 94 citations

Changes in cortical and subcortical unit activity during behavioral conditioning

1966 • 91 citations

Organization by sensory modality in the reticular formation of the rat

1973 • 91 citations

Quantitative study of anatomical distribution of respiration related neurons in the pons

1973 • 91 citations

Reticulo‐cerebellar connections in the cat. An experimental study

1953 • 90 citations

Maintained and evoked unit activity in the mesencephalic reticular formation of the freely behaving cat

1970 • 84 citations

IDENTIFICATION OF RETICULAR FORMATION NEURONS BY INTRACELLULAR RECORDING.

1963 • 83 citations

Somatic sensory properties of caudal bulbar reticular neurons in the cat (Felis domestica)

1968 • 82 citations

The role of the lower brain stem in cortically induced inhibition of somatic reflexes in the cat

1967 • 81 citations

Modification of locomotor performance by reticular formation and basal forebrain stimulation in the cat: Evidence for reciprocal systems

1966 • 80 citations

Visual Input to the Pontine Nuclei

1972 • 79 citations

The Origin of a Descending Pathway with Monosynaptic Action on Flexor Motoneurones

1968 • 79 citations

UNIT ACTIVITY OF CENTRAL CEPHALIC BRAIN STEM IN EEG AROUSAL

1955 • 78 citations

Projections from the orbital gyrus in the cat. I. To brain stem structures

1968 • 78 citations

Locomotion of fish evoked by electrical stimulation of the brain

1974 • 77 citations

Brainstem induced eye movements in cats

1957 • 77 citations

Mechanisms of habituation in the brain stem.

1972 • 75 citations

Bladder representation in the pontine-mesencephalic reticular formation

1966 • 74 citations

Responses of Bulboreticular Units To Somatic Stimuli Eliciting Escape Behavior In The Cat

1971 • 73 citations

Units during habituation, discrimination learning, and extinction

1970 • 73 citations

Responses of caudal brain stem neurons to vaginal and somatosensory stimulation in the rat and evidence of genital-nociceptive interactions

1976 • 72 citations

Neural mechanisms underlying the enduring EEG and behavioral activation in the midpontine pretrigeminal cat

1959 • 72 citations

The activity of single cells in the midbrain and hypothalamus of the cat during affective defense behavior.

1968 • 71 citations

Eye movement-associated discharge in brain stem neurons during desynchronized sleep

1977 • 71 citations

Movement-related forebrain and midbrain multiple unit activity in rats

1977 • 70 citations

Firing patterns of reticular formation neurons during horizontal eye movements

1971 • 69 citations

Escape Elicited By Bulboreticular Stimulation In The Cat

1971 • 68 citations

Reticular and thalamic multiple unit activity during wakefulness, sleep and anesthesia

1967 • 66 citations

Averaged Neural Electrical Activity and Arousal

1967 • 66 citations

THE RESPONSE OF RETICULAR UNITS TO REPETITIVE STIMULI.

1965 • 64 citations

Single unit recording in the midbrain of rats during shock-elicited fighting behavior

1977 • 63 citations

Medial bulboreticular response to peripherally applied noxious stimuli

1974 • 62 citations

Neurons in Paradoxical Sleep and Motivated Behavior

1967 • 62 citations

Single unit patterns during anticipatory behavior

1969 • 61 citations

Electrophysiology of bulbar reticular neurons.

1967 • 61 citations

Brain stem neurons projecting to neocortex: A HRP study in the cat

1978 • 59 citations

Brain stem reticular units: Some properties of the course and origin of the ascending trajectory

1975 • 59 citations

Thermoregulatory responses of decerebrate and spinal cats

1974 • 57 citations

An Inquiry into the Neurophysiological Basis for Pain

1969 • 57 citations

The close proximity of catecholamine-containing cells to the ‘mesencephalic locomotor region’ (MLR)

1975 • 57 citations

Tectal and tegmental influences on cat forelimb and hindlimb motoneurons.

1972 • 56 citations

Behavior of chronically decerebrated kittens

1974 • 56 citations

Complex behaviors elicited by stimulation of the dorsal pontine tegmentum in rats

1974 • 53 citations

Cells Related to Fighting Behavior Recorded from Midbrain Central Gray Neuropil of Cat

1968 • 51 citations

Function of Giant Mauthner's Neurons in the Lungfish

1959 • 49 citations

Behavior of mesencephalic reticular neurons in sleep and wakefulness

1972 • 49 citations

RETICULO-SPINAL INFLUENCES ON STRETCH REFLEXES

1948 • 49 citations

Convergent and long-latency unit responses in the reticular formation of the cat

1964 • 49 citations

[Effects of lesions in the pontine tegmentum on the sleep stages in the rat].

1976 • 48 citations

The behavioural repertoire of precollicular decerebrate rats.

1972 • 48 citations

Responses of neurones in cat's abducens nuclei to horizontal angular acceleration

1969 • 47 citations

Facilitation by estradiol of midbrain and pontine unit responses to vaginal and somatosensory stimulation in the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

1978 • 47 citations

Correlation of reticular and cochlear multiple unit activity with auditory evoked responses during wakefulness and sleep. I

1967 • 43 citations

The vertebrate brain

1976 • 43 citations

Neuronal Correlates of Behavior in Freely Moving Rats

1968 • 42 citations

Background activity in the cerebral cortex and reticular formation in relation with the electroencephalogram

1963 • 42 citations

Periaqueductal gray and tooth pulp afferent interaction on units in caudal medulla oblongata

1976 • 41 citations

Tonic inhibition of dorsal pontine neurons during the postural atonia produced by an anticholinesterase in the decerebrate cat.

1976 • 39 citations

Mesencephalic fusimotor control

1972 • 38 citations

Effect of thyrotropin-releasing hormone, luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, and somatostatin on neuronal activity of brain stem reticular formation and hippocampus in the female rat

1977 • 37 citations

Tonic reticular activating system: Relationship to aversive brain stimulation effects

1977 • 36 citations

Microelectrode recording from midbrain reticular formation in the decerebrate cat

1957 • 36 citations

Response patterns of cells in the feline caudal nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis after noxious trigeminal and spinal stimulation

1978 • 36 citations

Modification of escape from noxious stimuli after bulbar reticular formation lesions

1974 • 36 citations

Response properties and anatomical organization of pontine and medullary units responsive to vaginal stimulation in the cat

1975 • 35 citations

The gigantocellular reticular region and its spinal afferents: a light and electron microscope study in the cat.

1970 • 34 citations

A descending pathway with monosynaptic action on flexor motoneurones

1966 • 34 citations

Brainstem Neurons Without Spontaneous Unit Discharge

1976 • 33 citations

Unit activity in brain stem reticular formation of the rat during learning.

1973 • 32 citations

Unit Activity: Motivation-Dependent Responses from Midbrain Neurons

1969 • 32 citations

Gravity responses of neurons in main reticular formation.

1974 • 32 citations

Brain stem and cerebellar lesions in female rats. II. lordosis reflex

1976 • 31 citations

ON CIRCUIT PATTERNS OF THE BRAIN STEM RETICULAR CORE

1961 • 30 citations

Neuronal activity in the brain stem reticular formation during performance of a “go-no go” visual attention task in the monkey☆

1978 • 29 citations

Medial recticular neurons projecting Rostrally

1975 • 28 citations

Responses of midbrain neurons to genital and somatosensory stimulation in estrous and anestrous cats

1975 • 28 citations

Brain stem neurons that fire selectively to a conditioned stimulus for shock

1976 • 27 citations

Midbrain and pontine unit responses to lordosis-controlling forms of somatosensory stimuli in the female golden hamster

1978 • 27 citations

Electrophysiological identification of pontomedullary reticular neurons directly projecting into dorsal column nuclei

1976 • 27 citations

Thermosensitive midbrain neurons in the cat

1977 • 26 citations

Topographic studies on medial reticular nucleus

1976 • 25 citations

Medullary mechanisms for eating and grooming behaviors in the cat

1974 • 25 citations

Electrical stimulation of the brain stem and subsequent sleep.

1970 • 25 citations

Convergence of labyrinthine and cerebral nystagmogenic impulses on brain-stem units

1967 • 24 citations

A quantitative investigation of somatosensory coding in single cells of the cat mesencephalic reticular formation

1976 • 23 citations

Reticulo-cuneate projections as revealed by horseradish peroxidase axonal transport

1977 • 23 citations

Effects of morphine sulfate on medial bulboreticular response to peripherally applied noxious stimuli

1976 • 23 citations

Habituation and sensitization of neuronal activity in the reticular formation of the rat

1972 • 23 citations

Activité multi-unitaire de structures sous-corticales pendant le cycle veille-sommeil chez le chat

1970 • 22 citations

Inhibitory nystagmic interneurons. Physiological and anatomical identification within the abducens nucleus

1973 • 22 citations

Neurons in the rostral mesencephalic reticular formation of the cat responding specifically to noxious mechanical stimulation

1976 • 22 citations

Electrophysiological studies of olfactory projection to the mesencephalic reticular formation

1974 • 21 citations

Evolution of neuronal systems of suprasegmental motor control

1973 • 20 citations

MEDULLARY RESPONSES TO STIMULATION OF ORBITAL CORTEX

1959 • 18 citations

The origin of quick phases of nystagmus in the horizonatal plane.

1972 • 18 citations

Effect of recurrent stimulation of the brain stem reticular formation on REM sleep in cats

1970 • 18 citations

Activite´spontane´e des cellules de purkinje chez le chat chronique:E´tude statistique des spikes complexes

1974 • 18 citations

Sensorimotor function of the midbrain tectum. II. Classes of visually guided behavior.

1975 • 17 citations

Brain stem multi-unit activity during ‘relaxation’ behavior in the female cat

1971 • 17 citations

A single neuron analysis of mesencephalic reticular formation responses to high intensity cutaneous input in cat

1974 • 16 citations

Response of brain stem reticular neurons to muscle vibration in the decerebrate cat.

1971 • 15 citations

Oscillatory changes in multiple unit activity during rapid eye movement sleep

1977 • 15 citations

Abducens nerve signals controlling saccadic eye movements in the cat

1971 • 15 citations

The oscillatory system responsible for the oculomotor activity during the bursts of REM.

1976 • 14 citations

Pontomedullary reticular projections into the region of the ascending medial longitudinal fasciculus in cat

1978 • 14 citations

Patterns of reticular unit activity observed during the performance of a discriminative task

1968 • 14 citations

Unit activity in the brainstem related to eye movement. Possible inputs to the motor nuclei.

1972 • 14 citations

A unitary study of the reticulomotor system of the dogfish, squalus lebruni (vaillant)

1958 • 13 citations

Multiunit changes in the visual system of the freely moving cat

1972 • 13 citations

Neuronal discharge patterns in conditioned emotional response

1970 • 13 citations

Cellular activation patterns in the abducens nucleus during horizontal nystagmus in the cat

1969 • 12 citations

Visceral pain: responses of the reticular formation neurons to gallbladder distension.

1977 • 12 citations

Temperature-sensitive neurons in the medulla oblongata of the cat

1976 • 11 citations

[Effect of lesions of the pontile reticular formation on sleep in the cat].

1960 • 11 citations

Oscillatory activity of pontine neurons related to the regular occurence of REM bursts in the decerebrate cat

1976 • 10 citations

Brain Stem Structures Responsible for the Electroencephalographic Patterns of Desynchronized Sleep

1967 • 10 citations

Convergence of visual and vestibular inputs on pontine reticular formation of the rabbit

1978 • 10 citations

Changes in reticular formation unit response patterns associated with pentylenetetrazol-induced enhancement of sensory evoked responses

1977 • 9 citations

Disynaptic brainstem—propriospinal projections to mammalian motoneurones

1978 • 9 citations

Effect of high-frequency peripheral nerve and dorsal column stimulation on neuronal responses in feline nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis after nociceptive electrical stimulation

1977 • 7 citations

The role of tonic neural activity in motivational processes

1977 • 7 citations

Operant conditioning of pontine gigantocellular units

1979 • 6 citations

Vestibular responses of neurons of the descending tracts during locomotion

1973 • 6 citations

NEURONAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS DURING RAPID-EYE-MOVEMENT SLEEP: RELATION TO WAKING PATTERNS

1977 • 6 citations

Medullary unit responses to changes in local and hypothalamic temperatures in the cat

1977 • 6 citations

Effects of midbrain tegmentum and diencephalon lesions on swimming and body orientation in goldfish

1977 • 5 citations

[Localizations of synchronous units of nystagmus in the rhombencephalon of the rabbit].

1962 • 5 citations

[Vestibular reactions of descending tract neurons during locomotion].

1972 • 3 citations

[The evolution of neuronal systems for suprasegmentary motor control (review)].

1972 • 3 citations

Ondes lentes rythmiques et activite multi-unitaire dans le tegmentum ventral pendant le cycle veille-sommeil chez le rat

1975 • 2 citations