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List of regions in the human brain

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Anatomical regions of the brain are listed vertically, following hierarchies that are standard in neuroanatomy. Functional, connective and developmental regions are listed horizontally in parentheses where appropriate.

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

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Bigger not necessarily better, when it comes to brains

Bigger not necessarily better, when it comes to brains

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (19) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny insects could be as intelligent as much bigger animals, despite only having a brain the size of a pinhead, say scientists at Queen Mary, University of London.


Where religious belief and disbelief meet in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that the process of believing or disbelieving a statement, whether religious or not, seems to be governed by the same areas in the brain.


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Rats' mental 'instant replay' drives next moves

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that rats use a mental instant replay of their actions to help them decide what to do next, shedding new light on how ...


Adult brain can change within seconds

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (25) | comments 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain can adapt to changing demands even in adulthood, but MIT neuroscientists have now found evidence of it changing with unsuspected speed. Their findings suggest that the brain has a network ...


Long-distance brain waves focus attention (w/Video)

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as our world buzzes with distractions -- from phone calls to e-mails to tweets -- the neurons in our brain are bombarded with messages. Research has shown that when we pay attention, some of these neurons ...


Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts, study finds

Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts, study finds

Biology / Evolution

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the developing fetus, cell growth follows a very specific schedule. In the eye's retina, for example, cones -- which help distinguish color during the day -- develop before the more light-sensitive ...


Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound

Estrogen controls how the brain processes sound

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the hormone estrogen plays a pivotal role in how the brain processes sounds.


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Adult brain processes fractions 'effortlessly'

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue of The Jo ...


Scientists propose new theory of autism

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms ...


Workhorse immune molecules lead secret lives in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Molecules assumed to be in the exclusive employ of the immune system have been caught moonlighting in the brain - with a job description apparently quite distinct from their role in immunity.


Study improves insights into Parkinson's disease and possible treatments

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

About the only thing doctors have understood about deep-brain stimulation, which is widely used to treat Parkinson's disease symptoms, is that somehow it works for many patients. In a new study that will be published March ...


Stress may cause the brain to become disconnected

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Does stress damage the brain? In the March 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier, a paper by Tibor Hajszan and colleagues provides an important new chapter to this question.


Scientists selectively erase fear memories and gain insight into how the memory works

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- It may sound like something out of a science fiction movie - but bad memories can be erased in mice and this finding sheds light into how memories are normally encoded and stored in the brain. In a study ...


Effects of brain exercise depend on opponent

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Playing games against a computer activates different brain areas from those activated when playing against a human opponent. Research published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that the belief that o ...


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The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...