List of regions in the human brain
The human brain anatomical regions are ordered following standard neuroanatomy hierarchies. Functional, connective, and developmental regions are listed in parentheses where appropriate.
Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)
Main article: Rhombencephalon
Myelencephalon
- Medulla oblongata
Metencephalon
- Pons
- Pontine nuclei
- 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
- Pontine tegmentum
- Respiratory centres
- Pontine micturition center (Barrington's nucleus)
- Locus coeruleus
- Pedunculopontine nucleus
- Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
- Tegmental pontine reticular nucleus
- Superior olivary complex
- Paramedian pontine reticular formation
- Cerebellar peduncles
- Fourth ventricle
- Cerebellum
Midbrain (mesencephalon)
- Tectum
- Pretectum
- Tegmentum
- Periaqueductal gray
- Parabrachial area
- Medial parabrachial nucleus
- Lateral parabrachial nucleus
- Subparabrachial nucleus (Kölliker-Fuse nucleus)
- Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Midbrain reticular formation
- Dorsal raphe nucleus
- Red nucleus
- Ventral tegmental area
- Substantia nigra
- Interpeduncular nucleus
- Cerebral peduncle
- Mesencephalic cranial nerve nuclei
- Oculomotor nucleus (III)
- Trochlear nucleus (IV)
- Mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, aqueduct of Sylvius)
Forebrain (prosencephalon)
Diencephalon
Epithalamus
Third ventricle
Thalamus
- Anterior nuclear group
- Anteroventral nucleus (aka ventral anterior 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
- Pituitary stalk
- Tuber cinereum
- Tuberal nucleus
- Tuberomammillary nucleus
- Tuberal region
- Mammillary bodies
- Mammillary nucleus
Subthalamus(HPA axis)
Pituitary gland (HPA axis)
- neurohypophysis
- Pars intermedia (Intermediate Lobe)
- adenohypophysis
Telencephalon (cerebrum) Cerebral hemispheres
White matter
- Corona radiata
- Internal capsule
- External capsule
- Extreme capsule
- Arcuate fasciculus
- Uncinate fasciculus
- Perforant Path
Subcortical
- Hippocampus (Medial Temporal Lobe)
- Dentate gyrus
- Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
- Cornu ammonis area 1
- Cornu ammonis area 2
- Cornu ammonis area 3
- Cornu ammonis area 4
- Amygdala (limbic system) (limbic lobe)
- Central nucleus (autonomic nervous system)
- Medial nucleus (accessory olfactory system)
- Cortical and basomedial nuclei (main olfactory system)
- Lateral and basolateral nuclei (frontotemporal cortical system)
- Extended amygdala
- Claustrum
- Basal ganglia
- Striatum
- Dorsal striatum (aka neostriatum)
- Ventral striatum
- Globus pallidus (forms nucleus lentiformis with putamen)
- Subthalamic nucleus
- Striatum
- Basal forebrain
Rhinencephalon (paleopallium)
Cerebral cortex (neopallium)
- Frontal lobe
- Parietal lobe
- Occipital lobe
- Cortex
- Primary visual cortex (V1)
- V2
- V3
- V4
- V5/MT
- Gyri
- Lateral occipital gyrus
- Other
- Brodmann areas 17 (V1, primary visual cortex); 18, 19
- Cortex
- Temporal lobe
- Insular cortex
- Cingulate cortex
Neural pathways
- Superior longitudinal fasciculus
- Thalamocortical radiations
- Cerebral peduncle
- Corpus callosum
- Posterior commissure
- Pyramidal or corticospinal tract
- Medial longitudinal fasciculus
- Major dopamine pathways dopamine system
- Serotonin Pathways serotonin system
- Norepinephrine Pathways
Motor systems
- Extrapyramidal system
- Pyramidal tract
- Rubrospinal tract
- Rubro-olivary tract
- Olivocerebellar tract
- Vestibulospinal tract
- Reticulospinal tract
- Tectospinal tract
- Alpha system
- Gamma system
Somatosensory system
Nerves
Neuro endocrine systems
Neuro vascular systems
- Middle cerebral artery
- Posterior cerebral artery
- Anterior cerebral artery
- Vertebral artery
- Basilar artery
- Circle of Willis (arterial system)
- Blood–brain barrier
- Glymphatic system
- Venous systems
- Circumventricular organs
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
- Subventricular zone
- Superior cistern
- Cistern of lamina terminalis
- Chiasmatic cistern
- Interpeduncular cistern
- Pontine cistern
- Cisterna magna
- Spinal subarachnoid space
- Subarachnoid space
- Cerebrospinal fluid
Related topic
External links
- High-Resolution Cytoarchitectural Primate Brain Atlases
- View information on various brain regions: images, name in seven languages, location, etc.
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