Restoration of an injured lower dorsal ascending reticular activating system in a patient with intraventricular hemorrhage

摘要

The ascending reticular activating system(ARAS)plays a key role in the control of arousal and awareness for consciousness(Paus,2000;Zeman,2001;Van der Werf et al.,2002;Weiss et al.,2007;Siposan and Aliu,2014).It is well known that the ARAS originates from the reticular formation(RF)of the brainstem,and connects to the cerebral cortex via