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Is the reticular formation located in the brainstem, limbic system, sensory cortex, motor cortex, or cerebellum?

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Is the reticular formation located in the brainstem, limbic system, sensory cortex, motor cortex, or cerebellum?

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The reticular formation is in the pons of the brainstem & is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle & filtering incoming stimuli to discriminate irrelevant background stimuli & is one of the phylogenetically oldest portions of the brain.