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 * Category:Neurology
 * Category:Neurological disorders
 * Category:Neurologists
 * Category:Nervous system
 * Category:Neurosurgery
 * Category:Encephalitis
 * Category:Neuroendocrinology
 * Category:Multiple sclerosis organizations
 * Category:Neurophysiology
 * Category:Dyslexia
 * Category:History of neuroscience
 * Category:Neurotrauma

Neurological anatomy
Anatomical regions are listed vertically beneath Brain according to typical hierarchies. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in (italicized subscript).

Functional and connective regions defined as systems are categorized at cerebrospinal systems.

Brain (neural tube)
Rhombencephalon (hindbrain)

Myelencephalon
 * medulla oblongata
 * medullary pyramids
 * Medullary cranial nerve nuclei
 * Inferior salivatory nucleus
 * Nucleus ambiguus
 * Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve
 * Hypoglossal nucleus
 * Solitary nucleus

Metencephalon
 * pons
 * Respiratory centres
 * pneumotactic centre
 * apneustic centre
 * 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


 * cerebellum
 * cerebellar vermis
 * cerebellar hemispheres
 * anterior lobe
 * posterior lobe
 * flocculonodular lobe
 * cerebellar nuclei
 * fastigial nucleus
 * globose nucleus
 * emboliform nucleus
 * dentate nucleus

Mesencephalon (midbrain)
 * tectum
 * inferior colliculi
 * superior colliculi
 * mesencephalic duct (cerebral aqueduct, Aqueduct of Sylvius)
 * cerebral peduncle
 * midbrain tegmentum
 * ventral tegmental area
 * Red Nucleus
 * crus cerebri
 * pretectum

Prosencephalon (forebrain) Diencephalon epithalamus third ventricle thalamus
 * pineal body
 * habenular nuclei
 * stria medullares
 * tenia thalami
 * 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
 * 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
 * Suprachiasmatic nucleus
 * Paraventricular nucleus
 * Supraoptic nucleus (mainly)
 * 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 (part of mammillary bodies)
 * Posterior nucleus
 * Lateral area
 * Posterior part of Lateral nucleus
 * 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)
 * thalamic nucleus
 * zona incerta
 * neurohypophysis
 * intermediate pituitary
 * adenohypophysis

Telencephalon (cerebrum) White matter Subcortical
 * Corona radiata
 * Internal capsule
 * External capsule
 * Extreme capsule
 * Arcuate fasciculus
 * Uncinate fasciculus
 * 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)
 * Hippocampus (limbic system) (limbic lobe) (archipallium)
 * Dentate gyrus
 * Cornu ammonis (CA fields)
 * Claustrum
 * Basal ganglia
 * Striatum(archipallium)
 * Putamen
 * Caudate nucleus
 * Nucleus accumbens
 * Globus pallidus (forms nucleus lentiformis with putamen)
 * Subthalamic nucleus
 * Substantia nigra

Rhinencephalon (paleopallium) Lateral ventricles Cerebral cortex (neopallium)
 * Olfactory bulb
 * Piriform cortex
 * Anterior olfactory nucleus
 * Olfactory tract
 * Anterior commissure
 * Frontal lobe
 * Cortex
 * Primary motor cortex (Precentral gyrus, M1)
 * Brodmann area 4 (Primary motor cortex)
 * Prefrontal cortex
 * Supplementary motor cortex
 * Premotor cortex
 * Gyrus
 * Superior frontal gyrus
 * Middle frontal gyrus
 * Inferior frontal gyrus
 * Brodmann areas: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 24, 25, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 47
 * Temporal lobe
 * Cortex
 * Primary auditory cortex (A1)
 * A2
 * Inferior temporal cortex
 * Posterior inferior temporal cortex
 * Gyrus
 * Superior temporal gyrus
 * Middle temporal gyrus
 * Inferior temporal gyrus
 * Fusiform gyrus
 * Parahippocampal gyrus
 * Brodmann areas: 9, 20, 21, 22, 27, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42
 * Parietal lobe
 * Cortex
 * Primary somatosensory cortex (S1)
 * S2
 * Posterior parietal cortex
 * Gyrus
 * Postcentral gyrus (Primary somesthetic area)
 * Other
 * Precuneus
 * Brodmann areas 1, 2, 3 (Primary somesthetic area); 5, 7, 23, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40
 * Occipital lobe
 * Cortex
 * Primary visual cortex (V1)
 * V2
 * Gyrus
 * Lateral occipital gyrus
 * Other
 * Cuneus
 * Brodmann areas 17 (V1, primary visual cortex)|undefined; 18, 19
 * Insular cortex
 * Cingulate cortex
 * Subgenual area 25
 * Anterior cingulate
 * Posterior cingulate
 * Retrosplenial cortex
 * Indusium griseum
 * Brodmann areas 23, 24; 26, 29, 30 (retrosplenial areas); 31, 32

Neural pathways
 * arcuate fasciculus
 * cerebral peduncle
 * corpus callosum
 * pyramidal or corticospinal tract


 * Major dopamine pathways dopamine system
 * mesocortical pathway
 * mesolimbic pathway
 * nigrostriatal pathway
 * tuberoinfundibular pathway


 * Serotonin Pathways serotonin system
 * Raphe Nuclei

Cerebrospinal systems Neuronal systems Cognitive systems
 * central nervous system
 * peripheral nervous system
 * somatic nervous system
 * autonomic nervous system
 * sympathetic nervous system
 * parasympathetic nervous system
 * enteric nervous system
 * submucosal plexus
 * myenteric plexus
 * senses and sensory systems
 * olfactory system
 * primary olfactory cortex
 * visual system
 * Auditory system
 * Music and the brain

Volitive systems
 * motor system
 * extrapyramidal system
 * pyramidal tract
 * alpha system
 * gamma system

Nerves

 * Spinal cord
 * brain stem
 * cranial nerves
 * Cranial nerve, (0)
 * Olfactory nerve, (I)
 * Optic nerve (II)
 * Oculomotor nerve (III)
 * Trochlear nerve(IV)
 * Trigeminal nerve (V)
 * Abducens nerve (VI)
 * Facial nerve (VII)
 * Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
 * Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
 * Vagus nerve (X)
 * Accessory nerve (XI)
 * Hypoglossal nerve (XII)

Neurocrine systems Vascular systems
 * limbic system
 * HPA axis
 * venous systems
 * circle of Willis (arterial system)
 * blood-brain barrier
 * blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier

Dural meningeal system
 * brain-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
 * meningeal coverings
 * dura mater
 * arachnoid mater
 * pia mater
 * 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

Diagnoses

 * Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia
 * Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
 * Adrenoleukodystrophy
 * Agenesis of the corpus callosum
 * Agnosia
 * Aicardi syndrome
 * Alexander disease
 * Alpers' disease
 * Alternating hemiplegia
 * Alzheimer's disease
 * Anencephaly
 * Angelman syndrome
 * Angiomatosis
 * Anoxia
 * Aphasia
 * Apraxia
 * Arachnoid cysts
 * Arachnoiditis
 * Arnold-Chiari malformation
 * Arteriovenous malformation
 * Asperger's syndrome
 * Ataxia Telangiectasia
 * Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
 * Autism
 * Auditory processing disorder
 * Autonomic Dysfunction
 * Back Pain
 * Batten disease
 * Behcet's disease
 * Bell's palsy
 * Benign Essential Blepharospasm
 * Benign Focal Amyotrophy
 * Benign Intracranial Hypertension
 * Bilateral frontoparietal polymicrogyria
 * Binswanger's disease
 * Blepharospasm
 * Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome
 * Brachial plexus injury
 * Brain abscess
 * Brain damage
 * Brain injury
 * Brain tumor
 * Spinal tumor
 * Brown-Séquard syndrome
 * Canavan disease
 * Carpal tunnel syndrome
 * Causalgia
 * Central pain syndrome
 * Central pontine myelinolysis
 * Centronuclear myopathy
 * Cephalic disorder
 * Cerebral aneurysm
 * Cerebral arteriosclerosis
 * Cerebral atrophy
 * Cerebral gigantism
 * Cerebral palsy
 * Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
 * Chiari malformation
 * Chorea
 * Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
 * Chronic pain
 * Chronic regional pain syndrome
 * Coffin-Lowry syndrome
 * Coma
 * Congenital facial diplegia
 * Corticobasal degeneration
 * Cranial arteritis
 * Craniosynostosis
 * Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
 * Cumulative trauma disorders
 * Cushing's syndrome
 * Cytomegalic inclusion body disease
 * Cytomegalovirus infection
 * Dandy-Walker syndrome
 * Dawson disease
 * De Morsier's syndrome
 * Dejerine-Klumpke palsy
 * Dejerine-Sottas disease
 * Dementia
 * Dermatomyositis
 * Developmental coordination disorder
 * Diabetic neuropathy
 * Diffuse sclerosis
 * Dysautonomia
 * Dyscalculia
 * Dysgraphia
 * Dyslexia
 * Dystonia
 * Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
 * Empty sella syndrome
 * Encephalitis
 * Encephalocele
 * Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis
 * Encopresis
 * Epilepsy
 * Erb's palsy
 * Erythromelalgia
 * Essential tremor
 * Fabry's disease
 * Fahr's syndrome
 * Fainting
 * Familial spastic paralysis
 * Febrile seizures
 * Fisher syndrome
 * Friedreich's ataxia
 * Gaucher's disease
 * Gerstmann's syndrome
 * Giant cell arteritis
 * Giant cell inclusion disease
 * Globoid cell leukodystrophy
 * Gray matter heterotopia
 * Guillain-Barré syndrome
 * HTLV-1 associated myelopathy
 * Hallervorden-Spatz disease
 * Head injury
 * Headache
 * Hemifacial Spasm
 * Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
 * Heredopathia atactica polyneuritiformis
 * Herpes zoster oticus
 * Herpes zoster
 * Hirayama syndrome
 * Holoprosencephaly
 * Huntington's disease
 * Hydranencephaly
 * Hydrocephalus
 * Hypercortisolism
 * Hypoxia
 * Immune mediated encephalomyelitis
 * Inclusion body myositis
 * Incontinentia pigmenti
 * Infantile phytanic acid storage disease
 * Infantile Refsum disease
 * Infantile spasms
 * Inflammatory myopathy
 * Intracranial cyst
 * Intracranial hypertension
 * Joubert syndrome
 * Kearns-Sayre syndrome
 * Kinsbourne syndrome
 * Klippel Feil syndrome
 * Krabbe disease
 * Kugelberg-Welander disease
 * Kuru
 * Lafora disease
 * Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
 * Landau-Kleffner syndrome
 * Wallenberg syndrome
 * Learning disabilities
 * Leigh's disease
 * Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
 * Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
 * Leukodystrophy
 * Lewy body dementia
 * Lissencephaly
 * Locked-In syndrome
 * Lumbar disc disease
 * Lyme disease
 * Machado-Joseph disease
 * Macrencephaly
 * Megalencephaly
 * Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
 * Menieres disease
 * Meningitis
 * Menkes disease
 * Metachromatic leukodystrophy
 * Microcephaly
 * Migraine
 * Miller Fisher syndrome
 * Mitochondrial Myopathies
 * Mobius syndrome
 * Monomelic amyotrophy
 * Motor Neurone Disease
 * Motor skills disorder
 * Moyamoya disease
 * Mucopolysaccharidoses
 * Multiple infarct dementia
 * Multifocal motor neuropathy
 * Multiple sclerosis
 * Muscular dystrophy
 * Myalgic encephalomyelitis
 * Myasthenia gravis
 * Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis
 * Myoclonic Encephalopathy of infants
 * Myoclonus
 * Myopathy
 * Myotubular myopathy
 * Myotonia congenita
 * Narcolepsy
 * Neurofibromatosis
 * Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
 * Neuromyotonia
 * Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
 * Neuronal migration disorders
 * Niemann-Pick disease
 * Nonverbal learning disorder
 * O'Sullivan-McLeod syndrome
 * Occipital Neuralgia
 * Occult spinal dysraphism sequence
 * Ohtahara syndrome
 * Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
 * Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome
 * Optic neuritis
 * Orthostatic hypotension
 * Overuse syndrome
 * Palinopsia
 * Paresthesia
 * Parkinson's disease
 * Paramyotonia Congenita
 * Paraneoplastic diseases
 * Paroxysmal attacks
 * Parry-Romberg syndrome (also known as *Rombergs Syndrome)
 * Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
 * Periodic Paralyses
 * Peripheral neuropathy
 * Persistent Vegetative State
 * Pervasive developmental disorders
 * Photic sneeze reflex
 * Phytanic Acid Storage disease
 * Pick's disease
 * Trapped nerve
 * Pituitary Tumors
 * PMG
 * Polio
 * Polymicrogyria
 * Polymyositis
 * Porencephaly
 * Post-Polio syndrome
 * Postherpetic neuralgia
 * Postinfectious encephalomyelitis
 * Postural Hypotension
 * Prader-Willi syndrome
 * Primary Lateral Sclerosis
 * Prion diseases
 * Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
 * Progressive Sclerosing Poliodystrophy
 * Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
 * Pseudotumor cerebri
 * Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I
 * Ramsay Hunt syndrome type II
 * Rasmussen's encephalitis
 * Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
 * Refsum disease
 * Repetitive motion disorders
 * Repetitive stress injury
 * Restless legs syndrome
 * Retrovirus-associated myelopathy
 * Rett syndrome
 * Reye's syndrome
 * Rombergs_Syndrome
 * Saint Vitus dance
 * Sandhoff disease
 * Schilder's disease
 * Schizencephaly
 * Second-impact syndrome
 * Sensory Integration Dysfunction
 * Septo-optic dysplasia
 * Shaken baby syndrome
 * Shingles
 * Shy-Drager syndrome
 * Sjögren's syndrome
 * Skull fracture
 * Sleep apnea
 * Sleeping sickness
 * Snatiation
 * Sotos syndrome
 * Spasticity
 * Spina bifida
 * Spinal cord injury
 * Spinal cord tumors
 * Spinal muscular atrophy
 * Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy
 * Spinal stenosis
 * Spinocerebellar ataxia
 * Stiff-person syndrome
 * Stroke
 * Sturge-Weber syndrome
 * Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
 * Subarachnoid hemorrhage
 * Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy
 * Subdural hematoma
 * Superficial siderosis
 * Sydenham chorea
 * Syncope
 * Synesthesia
 * Syringomyelia
 * Tardive dyskinesia
 * Tay–Sachs disease
 * Temporal arteritis
 * Tethered spinal cord syndrome
 * Thomsen disease
 * Thoracic outlet syndrome
 * Tic Douloureux
 * Todd's paralysis
 * Tourette syndrome
 * Transient ischemic attack
 * Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
 * Transverse myelitis
 * Traumatic brain injury
 * Tremor
 * Trigeminal neuralgia
 * Tropical spastic paraparesis
 * Trypanosomiasis
 * Tuberous sclerosis
 * Vasculitis including temporal arteritis
 * Von Hippel-Lindau disease
 * Viliuisk encephalomyelitis
 * Wallenberg's syndrome
 * West syndrome
 * Whiplash
 * Williams syndrome
 * Wilson's disease
 * Zellweger syndrome

Neurosurgery
Axotomy

Anterior temporal lobectomy

Cordotomy

Corpectomy

Craniotomy

Decompressive craniectomy

Discectomy

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy

Facetectomy

Foraminotomy

Ganglionectomy

Hemispherectomy

Hypophysectomy

Intervertebral disc annuloplasty

Intervertebral disc arthroplasty

Laminectomy

Laminoplasty

Laminotomy

Lobotomy

Lumbar puncture

Nerve block

Neuromodulation (medicine)

Rhizotomy

Vagotomy

Vertebral fixation

Vertebral fusion

Miscellany
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