Anatomical regions of the brain are listed vertically, following hierarchies that are standard in neuroanatomy. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in parentheses where appropriate.
Functional and connective regions defined as systems are categorized at cerebrospinal systems.
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Hindbrain (Rhombencephalon)
Myelencephalon
Metencephalon
- pons
- Respiratory centres
- Pontine cranial nerve nuclei
- chief or pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus (V)
- motor nucleus for the trigeminal nerve (V)
- abducens nucleus (VI)
- facial nerve nucleus (VII)
- vestibulocochlear nuclei (vestibular nuclei and cochlear nuclei) (VIII)
- Superior salivatory nucleus
- paramedian pontine reticular formation
Midbrain (mesencephalon)
- tectum
- mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
- cerebral peduncle
- midbrain tegmentum
- pretectum
Forebrain (prosencephalon)
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
- medial dorsal nucleus
- midline nuclear group
- paratenial nucleus
- reuniens nucleus
- rhomboidal nucleus
- intralaminar nuclear group
- centromedial nucleus
- parafascicular nucleus
- paracentral nucleus
- central lateral nucleus
- central medial nucleus
- lateral nuclear group
- ventral nuclear group
- metathalamus
- thalamic reticular nucleus
hypothalamus (limbic system) (HPA axis)
- Anterior
- Medial area
- Parts of preoptic area
- Medial preoptic nucleus
- Suprachiasmatic nucleus
- Paraventricular nucleus
- Supraoptic nucleus (mainly)
- Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
- Parts of preoptic area
- Lateral area
- Parts of preoptic area
- Lateral preoptic nucleus
- Anterior part of Lateral nucleus
- Part of supraoptic nucleus
- Parts of preoptic area
- Other nuclei of preoptic area
- median preoptic nucleus
- periventricular preoptic nucleus
- Medial area
- Tuberal
- Medial area
- Lateral area
- Tuberal part of Lateral nucleus
- Lateral tuberal nuclei
- Posterior
- Medial area
- Mammillary nuclei (part of mammillary bodies)
- Posterior nucleus
- Lateral area
- Posterior part of Lateral nucleus
- Medial area
- optic chiasm
- subfornical organ
- periventricular nucleus
- infundibulum
- tuber cinereum
- tuberal nucleus
- tuberomamillary nucleus
- tuberal region
- mammillary bodies
- mammillary nucleus
subthalamus(HPA axis)
pituitary gland (HPA axis)
- neurohypophysis
- intermediate pituitary
- adenohypophysis
Telencephalon (cerebrum) Cerebral hemispheres
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White matter
- Corona radiata
- Internal capsule
- External capsule
- Extreme capsule
- Arcuate fasciculus
- Uncinate fasciculus
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)
- base head (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (archipallium)
- Dentate gyrus
- Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
- Claustrum
- Basal ganglia
Rhinencephalon (paleopallium)
Lateral ventricles
Cerebral cortex (neopallium)
- Frontal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary motor cortex (Precentral gyrus, M1)
- Brodmann area 4 (Primary motor cortex)
- Gyrus
- Brodmann areas: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
- Cortex
- Temporal lobe
- Cortex
- Primary auditory cortex (A1)
- A2
- Inferior temporal cortex
- Posterior inferior temporal cortex
- Gyrus
- Brodmann areas: 9, 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
- Cortex
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Cortex
- Primary visual cortex (V1)
- V2
- Gyrus
- Lateral occipital gyrus
- Other
- Brodmann areas 17 (V1, primary visual cortex); 18, 19
- Cortex
- Insular cortex
- Cingulate cortex
Neural pathways
- Major dopamine pathways dopamine system
- Serotonin Pathways serotonin system
Motor systems
- motor system
- extrapyramidal system
- pyramidal tract
- alpha system
- gamma system
Nerves
Neuroendocrine 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
- cisterna magna
- spinal subarachnoid space
- subarachnoid space
- cerebrospinal fluid
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