Outline of Neuroscience - Brain

Brain

The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate, and most invertebrate, animals.

  • Human brain
  • List of regions of the human brain

Principal regions of the vertebrate brain:

Brain Forebrain Telencephalon

Rhinencephalon, Amygdala, Hippocampus, Neocortex, Lateral ventricles, Basal ganglia

Diencephalon

Epithalamus, Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Subthalamus, Pituitary gland, Pineal gland

Midbrain

Tectum, Cerebral peduncle, Pretectum, Mesencephalic duct

Hindbrain Metencephalon

Pons, Cerebellum,

Myelencephalon Medulla oblongata

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