List of regions in the human brain
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[edit] Brain (neural tube)
[edit] Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
[edit] Myelencephalon
[edit] Metencephalon
[edit] Mesencephalon (midbrain)
- tectum
- mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
- cerebral peduncle
- midbrain tegmentum
- pretectum
[edit] Prosencephalon (forebrain)
[edit] Diencephalon
- epithalamus
- pineal body
- habenular nuclei
- stria medullares
- tenia thalami
- third ventricle
- thalamus
- anterior nuclear group
- anteroventral nucleus
- anterodorsal nucleus
- anteromedial nucleus
- medial nuclear group
- dorsomedial nucleus
- midline nuclear group
- paratenial nucleus
- paraventricular nucleus
- reuniens nucleus
- rhomboidal nucleus
- intralaminar nuclear group
- centromedial nucleus
- parafascicular nucleus
- paracentral nucleus
- central lateral nucleus
- central medial nucleus
- lateral nuclear group
- lateral dorsal nucleus
- lateral posterior nucleus
- pulvinar
- ventral nuclear group
- ventral anterior nucleus
- ventral lateral nucleus
- ventral posterior nucleus
- metathalamus
- thalamic reticular nucleus
- anterior nuclear group
- hypothalamus (limbic system) (HPA axis)
- subthalamus(HPA axis)
- thalamic nucleus
- zona incerta
- pituitary gland (HPA axis)
- neurohypophysis
- intermediate pituitary
- adenohypophysis
[edit] Telencephalon (cerebrum)
red:frontal lobe |
- Cerebral hemispheres
- White matter
- Subcortical
- Amygdala (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (paleopallium)
- Central nucleus(autonomic nervous system)
- Medial nucleus(accessory olfactory system)
- Cortical and basomedial nuclei(main olfactory system)
- Lateral and basolateral nuclei(frontotemporal cortical system)
- Hippocampus (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (archipallium)
- Dentate gyrus
- Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
- Basal ganglia
- Striatum(archipallium)
- Claustrum
- Corpus amygdaloideum
- Amygdala (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (paleopallium)
- Rhinencephalon (paleopallium)
- Lateral ventricles
- Cerebral cortex (neopallium)
- Frontal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary motor cortex (M1)
- Prefrontal cortex
- Supplementary motor cortex
- Premotor cortex
- Gyrus
- Brodmann areas: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
- Cortex
- Temporal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary auditory cortex (A1)
- A2
- Inferior temporal cortex
- Posterior inferior temproal cortex
- Gyrus
- Brodmann areas: 9, 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
- Cortex
- Parietal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary somatosensory cortex (S1)
- S2
- Posterior parietal cortex
- Gyrus
- Other
- Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 (Primary somesthetic area); 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40
- Cortex
- Occipital lobe
- Cortex
- Primary visual cortex (V1)
- V2
- Gyrus
- Lateral occipital gyrus
- Other
- Brodmann areas 17 (V1, primary visual cortex); 18, 19
- Cortex
- Insula
- Cingulate cortex
- Anterior cingulate
- Posterior cingulate
- Brodmann areas 23, 24; 26, 29, 30 (retrosplenial areas); 31, 32
- Frontal lobe
[edit] Neural pathways
- Major dopamine pathways
- Serotonin Pathways
[edit] Cerebrospinal systems
[edit] Neuronal systems
[edit] Cognitive systems
[edit] Volitive systems
- motor system
- extrapyramidal system
- pyramidal tract
- alpha system
- gamma system
[edit] Nerves
[edit] Neurocrine systems
[edit] Vascular systems
- venous systems
- circle of Willis (arterial system)
- blood-brain barrier
- blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
[edit] Dural meningeal system
- brain-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
- meningeal coverings
- epidural space
- subdural space
- arachnoid septum
- ventricular system
- cerebrospinal fluid
- subarachnoid space
- third ventricle
- fourth ventricle
- lateral ventricles
- Anterior horn
- Body of lateral ventricle
- Inferior horn
- Posterior horn
- superior cistern
- cistern of lamina terminalis
- chaismatic cistern
- interpeduncular cistern
- pontine cistern
- cerebromedullary cistern
- spinal subarachnoid space
- subarachnoid space
- cerebrospinal fluid
[edit] Organization
Anatomical regions are listed vertically beneath Brain according to typical hierarchies. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in (italicized subscript).
Functional and connective regions defined as systems are categorized at cerebrospinal systems.