List of regions in the human brain

Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)

[Myelencephalon]

• Medulla oblongata
• *Medullary pyramids
• *Arcuate nucleus
• *Olivary body
• **Inferior olivary nucleus
• *Rostral ventrolateral medulla
• *Caudal ventrolateral medulla
• *Solitary nucleus
• *Respiratory center-Respiratory groups
• **Dorsal respiratory group
• **Ventral respiratory group or Apneustic centre
• ***Pre-Bötzinger complex
• ***Bötzinger complex
• ***Retrotrapezoid nucleus
• ***Nucleus retrofacialis
• ***Nucleus retroambiguus
• ***Nucleus para-ambiguus
• *Paramedian reticular nucleus
• *Gigantocellular reticular nucleus
• *Parafacial zone
• *Cuneate nucleus
• *Gracile nucleus
• *Perihypoglossal nuclei
• **Intercalated nucleus
• **Prepositus nucleus
• **Sublingual nucleus
• *Area postrema
• *Medullary cranial nerve nuclei
• **Inferior salivatory nucleus
• **Nucleus ambiguus
• **Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve
• **Hypoglossal nucleus
• *Chemoreceptor trigger zone

  [Metencephalon]

[Pons]

• Pontine nuclei
• Pontine cranial nerve nuclei
• *Chief or pontine nucleus of the trigeminal nerve sensory nucleus
• * Motor nucleus for the trigeminal nerve
• * Abducens nucleus
• * Facial nerve nucleus
• * Vestibulocochlear nuclei
• *Superior salivatory nucleus
• Pontine tegmentum
• *Pontine micturition center
• *Locus coeruleus
• *Pedunculopontine nucleus
• *Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
• *Tegmental pontine reticular nucleus
• *Nucleus incertus
• Parabrachial area
• *Medial parabrachial nucleus
• *Lateral parabrachial nucleus
• *Subparabrachial nucleus
• **Pontine respiratory group
• Superior olivary complex
• *Medial superior olive
• *Lateral superior olive
• *Medial nucleus of the trapezoid body
• Paramedian pontine reticular formation
• Parvocellular reticular nucleus
• Caudal pontine reticular nucleus
• Cerebellar peduncles
• *Superior cerebellar peduncle
• *Middle cerebellar peduncle
• *Inferior cerebellar peduncle

  [Fourth ventricle]

[Cerebellum]

• Cerebellar vermis
• Cerebellar hemispheres
• *Anterior lobe
• *Posterior lobe
• *Flocculonodular lobe
• Cerebellar nuclei
• *Fastigial nucleus
• *Interposed nucleus
• **Globose nucleus
• **Emboliform nucleus
• *Dentate nucleus

  Midbrain">Mesencephalon">Midbrain (mesencephalon)

• Tectum
• *Corpora quadrigemina
• **Inferior colliculi
• **Superior colliculi
• Pretectum
• Tegmentum
• *Periaqueductal gray
• *Rostral interstitial nucleus of medial longitudinal fasciculus
• *Midbrain reticular formation
• *Dorsal raphe nucleus
• *Red nucleus
• *Ventral tegmental area
• **Parabrachial pigmented nucleus
• **Paranigral nucleus
• **Rostromedial tegmental nucleus
• *Caudal linear nucleus
• *Rostral linear nucleus of the raphe
• *Interfascicular nucleus
• *Substantia nigra
• **Pars compacta
• **Pars reticulata
• *Interpeduncular nucleus
• Cerebral peduncle
• *Crus cerebri
• Mesencephalic cranial nerve nuclei
• *Oculomotor nucleus
• *Edinger-Westphal nucleus
• *Trochlear nucleus
• Mesencephalic duct

  Forebrain">Prosencephalon">Forebrain (prosencephalon)

[Diencephalon]

[Epithalamus]

• Pineal body
• Habenular nuclei
• Stria medullaris
• Taenia thalami

  [Third ventricle]

• Subcommissural organ
• Circumventricular organs

  [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
• *Centromedian nucleus
• *Parafascicular nucleus
• *Paracentral nucleus
• *Central lateral nucleus
• Lateral nuclear group
• *Lateral dorsal nucleus
• *Lateral posterior nucleus
• *Pulvinar
• Ventral nuclear group
• *Ventral anterior nucleus
• *Ventral lateral nucleus
• *Ventral posterior nucleus
• **Ventral posterior lateral nucleus
• **Ventral posterior medial nucleus
• Metathalamus
• *Medial geniculate body
• *Lateral geniculate body
• Thalamic reticular nucleus

  [Hypothalamus] ''([limbic system])'' ''([HPA axis])''

• Anterior
• *Medial area
• **Parts of preoptic area
• ***Medial preoptic nucleus
• ****INAH 1
• ****INAH 2
• ****INAH 3
• ****INAH 4
• ***Median preoptic nucleus
• **Suprachiasmatic nucleus
• **Paraventricular nucleus
• **Supraoptic nucleus
• **Anterior hypothalamic nucleus
• *Lateral area
• **Parts of preoptic area
• ***Lateral preoptic nucleus
• **Anterior part of Lateral nucleus
• **Part of supraoptic nucleus
• *Other nuclei of preoptic area
• **Median preoptic nucleus
• **Periventricular preoptic nucleus
• Tuberal
• *Medial area
• **Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus
• **Ventromedial nucleus
• **Arcuate nucleus
• *Lateral area
• **Tuberal part of Lateral nucleus
• **Lateral tuberal nuclei
• Posterior
• *Medial area
• **Mammillary nuclei
• **Posterior nucleus
• *Lateral area
• **Posterior part of Lateral nucleus
• Surface
• * Median eminence
• * Mammillary bodies
• * Pituitary stalk
• Optic chiasm
• Subfornical organ
• Periventricular nucleus
• Tuber cinereum
• *Tuberal nucleus
• *Tuberomammillary nucleus
• Tuberal region
• Mammillary nucleus

  [Subthalamus] ''([HPA axis])''

• Subthalamic nucleus
• Zona incerta

  [Pituitary gland] ''([HPA axis])''

• Neurohypophysis
• Pars intermedia
• Adenohypophysis

  Telencephalon ''(cerebrum)''">Telencephalon">Telencephalon ''(cerebrum)'' [Cerebral hemisphere]s

[White matter]

• Centrum semiovale
• Corona radiata
• Internal capsule
• External capsule
• Extreme capsule

  Subcortical

• Hippocampus
• *Dentate gyrus
• *Cornu ammonis
• **Cornu ammonis area 1
• **Cornu ammonis area 2
• **Cornu ammonis area 3
• **Cornu ammonis area 4
• Amygdala ' '
• *Central nucleus '
• *Medial nucleus '
• *Cortical and basomedial nuclei '
• *Lateral and basolateral nuclei '
• Extended amygdala
• *Stria terminalis
• **Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
• Claustrum
• Basal ganglia
• *Striatum
• **Dorsal striatum
• ***Putamen
• ***Caudate nucleus
• **Ventral striatum
• ***Nucleus accumbens
• ***Olfactory tubercle
• *Globus pallidus
• **Ventral pallidum
• *Subthalamic nucleus
• Basal forebrain
• *Anterior perforated substance
• *Substantia innominata
• *Nucleus basalis
• *Diagonal band of Broca
• *Septal nuclei
• **Medial septal nuclei
• *Lamina terminalis
• **Vascular organ of lamina terminalis

  [Rhinencephalon] ''([paleocortex])''

• Olfactory bulb
• Olfactory tract
• Anterior olfactory nucleus
• Piriform cortex
• Anterior commissure
• Uncus
• Periamygdaloid cortex

  [Cerebral cortex] ''([neocortex])''

• Frontal lobe
• *Cortex
• **Primary motor cortex
• **Premotor cortex
• **Supplementary motor cortex
• **Prefrontal cortex
• ***Orbitofrontal cortex
• ***Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
• ***Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex
• ***Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex
• ***Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
• *Gyri
• **Superior frontal gyrus
• **Middle frontal gyrus
• **Inferior frontal gyrus
• *Brodmann areas: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
• Parietal lobe
• *Cortex
• **Primary somatosensory cortex
• **Secondary somatosensory cortex
• **Posterior parietal cortex
• *Gyri
• **Postcentral gyrus '
• *Other
• **Precuneus
• *Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 '; 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40
• Occipital lobe
• *Cortex
• **Primary visual cortex
• **V2
• **V3
• **V4
• **
• *Gyri
• **Lateral occipital gyrus
• *Other
• **Cuneus
• *Brodmann areas 17 '; 18, 19
• Temporal lobe
• *Cortex
• **Primary auditory cortex
• **Secondary auditory cortex
• **Inferior temporal cortex
• **V5/MT
• **Posterior inferior temporal cortex
• *Gyri
• **Superior temporal gyrus
• **Middle temporal gyrus
• **Inferior temporal gyrus
• **Entorhinal cortex
• **Perirhinal cortex
• **Parahippocampal gyrus
• **Fusiform gyrus
• *Brodmann areas: 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
• *Other
• **Medial superior temporal area
• Insular cortex
• Cingulate cortex
• *Anterior cingulate
• *Posterior cingulate
• *Retrosplenial cortex
• *Indusium griseum
• *Subgenual area 25
• *Brodmann areas 23, 24; 26, 29, 30 '; 31, 32

  [Neural pathway]s

• Superior longitudinal fasciculus
• * Arcuate fasciculus
• Uncinate fasciculus
• Perforant pathway
• Thalamocortical radiations
• Corpus callosum
• Anterior commissure
• Amygdalofugal pathway
• Interthalamic adhesion
• Posterior commissure
• Habenular commissure
• Fornix
• Mammillotegmental fasciculus
• Incertohypothalamic pathway
• Cerebral peduncle
• Medial forebrain bundle
• Medial longitudinal fasciculus
• Myoclonic triangle
• Solitary tract
• Major dopaminergic pathways from dopaminergic cell groups
• * Mesocortical pathway
• * Mesolimbic pathway
• * Nigrostriatal pathway
• * Tuberoinfundibular pathway
• Serotonergic pathways
• *Raphe Nuclei
• Norepinephrine Pathways
• *Locus coeruleus and other noradrenergic cell groups
• Epinephrine pathways from adrenergic cell groups
• Glutamate and acetylcholine pathways from mesopontine nuclei

  [Motor system]s / Descending fibers

• Extrapyramidal system
• Pyramidal tract
• *Corticospinal tract or Cerebrospinal fibers
• **Lateral corticospinal tract
• **Anterior corticospinal tract
• *Corticopontine fibers
• **Frontopontine fibers
• **Temporopontine fibers
• *Corticobulbar tract
• Corticomesencephalic tract
• Tectospinal tract
• Interstitiospinal tract
• Rubrospinal tract
• Rubro-olivary tract
• Olivocerebellar tract
• Olivospinal tract
• Vestibulospinal tract
• *Lateral vestibulospinal tract
• *Medial vestibulospinal tract
• Reticulospinal tract
• Lateral raphespinal tract
• Alpha system
• Gamma system