List of regions in the human brain
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| Neuropsychology |
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| Topics |
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Brain-computer interfaces • Brain damage |
| Brain functions |
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arousal • attention |
| People |
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Arthur L. Benton • David Bohm • |
| Tests |
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Bender-Gestalt Test |
| Tools |
| Mind and Brain Portal |
Contents |
Brain (neural tube)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)
Myelencephalon
Metencephalon
Mesencephalon (midbrain)
- tectum
- mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
- cerebral peduncle
- midbrain tegmentum
- pretectum
Prosencephalon (forebrain)
Diencephalon
- epithalamus
- third ventricle
- thalamus
- hypothalamus (limbic system) (HPA axis)
- subthalamus(HPA axis)
- pituitary gland (HPA axis)
Telencephalon (cerebrum)
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red:frontal lobe |
- Cerebral hemispheres
- White matter
- Subcortical
- Rhinencephalon (paleopallium)
- Lateral ventricles
- Cerebral cortex (neopallium)
- Frontal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Cortex
- Primary visual cortex (V1)
- V2
- Gyrus
- Other
- Brodmann areas 17 (V1, primary visual cortex); 18, 19
- Cortex
- Insula
- Cingulate cortex
Neural pathways
- Major dopamine pathways
- Serotonin Pathways
Cerebrospinal systems
Neuronal systems
Cognitive systems
Volitive systems
Nerves
Neurocrine systems
Vascular systems
- venous systems
- circle of Willis (arterial system)
- blood-brain barrier
- blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
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
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.
Related topic
External links
- High-Resolution Cytoarchitectural Primate Brain Atlases
- View information on various brain regions: images, name in seven languages, location, etc.
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
