C List Of Regions In The Human Brain

C.1 Hindbrain (rhombencephalon)

Myelencephalon

Medulla oblongata
Medullary pyramids
Olivary body
Inferior olivary nucleus
Rostral ventrolateral medulla
Caudal ventrolateral medulla
Solitary nucleus (Nucleus of the solitary tract)
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 (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
- Pontine micturition center (Barrington’s nucleus)
- Locus coeruleus
- Pedunculopontine nucleus
- Laterodorsal tegmental nucleus
- Tegmental pontine reticular nucleus
- Nucleus incertus
Parabrachial area
- Medial parabrachial nucleus
- Lateral parabrachial nucleus
- Subparabrachial nucleus (Kölliker-Fuse 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

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 (III)
- Edinger-Westphal nucleus
- Trochlear nucleus (IV)
Mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, aqueduct of Sylvius)

Diencephalon

Epithalamus

Third ventricle

Thalamus

Anterior nuclear group
- Anteroventral nucleus (a.k.a. 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
- Centromedian nucleus
- Parafascicular nucleus
- Paracentral nucleus
- Central lateral nucleus
Lateral nuclear group
- Lateral dorsal nucleus
- Lateral posterior nucleus
- Pulvinar
  - anterior pulvinar nucleus
  - lateral pulvinar nucleus
  - medial pulvinar nucleus
  - inferior pulvinar nucleus
Ventral nuclear group
- Ventral anterior nucleus
- Ventral lateral nucleus
- Ventral posterior nucleus
  - Ventral posterior lateral nucleus
  - Ventral posterior medial nucleus
- Medial geniculate body
- Lateral geniculate body
Thalamic reticular nucleus

Hypothalamus (limbic system) (HPA axis)

Subthalamus(HPA axis)

Pituitary gland (HPA axis)

Telencephalon (cerebrum) Cerebral hemispheres

White matter

Subcortical

Hippocampus (Medial Temporal Lobe)
- Dentate gyrus
- Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
  - Cornu ammonis area 1 (CA1)
  - Cornu ammonis area 2 (CA2)
  - Cornu ammonis area 3 (CA3)
  - Cornu ammonis area 4 (CA4)
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
- Stria terminalis
  - Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
Claustrum
Basal ganglia
- Striatum
  - Dorsal striatum (a.k.a. neostriatum)
    - Putamen
    - Caudate nucleus
  - Ventral striatum
    - Nucleus accumbens
    - Olfactory tubercle
  - Globus pallidus (forms nucleus lentiformis with putamen)
    - 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)

Cerebral cortex (neocortex)