list of regions in the human brain 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. the brodmann areas of a human brain neuropsychology topics brain regions clinical neuropsychology cognitive neuropsychology cognitive neuroscience dementia human brain neuroanatomy neurophysiology neuropsychological assessment neuropsychological rehabilitation traumatic brain injury brain functions arousal attention consciousness decision making executive functions natural language learning memory motor coordination perception planning problem solving thought people alan baddeley arthur l. benton david bohm antonio damasio phineas gage norman geschwind elkhonon goldberg patricia goldman-rakic donald o. hebb kenneth heilman eric kandel edith kaplan muriel lezak benjamin libet rodolfo llinás alexander luria brenda milner karl h. pribram pasko rakic oliver sacks mark rosenzweig roger w. sperry hans-lukas teuber henry molaison ("h.m.", patient) k.c. (patient) tests benton visual retention test continuous performance task halstead-reitan neuropsychological battery hayling and brixton tests lexical decision task luria-nebraska neuropsychological battery mini–mental state examination rey–osterrieth complex figure stroop test wechsler adult intelligence scale wechsler memory scale wisconsin card sorting task psychology portal philosophy portal medicine portal most famous parts of the brain highlighted in different colours hindbrain (rhombencephalon) main article: hindbrain embryonic vertebrate subdivisions of the developing human brain hindbrain or rhombencephalon is a developmental categorization of portions of the central nervous system in vertebrates. it includes the medulla, pons, and cerebellum. myelencephalon medulla oblongata medullary pyramids arcuate nucleus 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 botzinger 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 midbrain (mesencephalon) cross-section of the midbrain. 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) forebrain (prosencephalon) diencephalon diencephalon epithalamus pineal body (pineal gland) habenular nuclei stria medullaris taenia thalami third ventricle subcommissural organ circumventricular organs (also fourth ventricle) thalamus