forebrain
nounEtymology From fore- + brain.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroanatomy, Neurology, Neuroscience, Sciences The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
- The medial forebrain bundle (MFB), a key structure of reward-seeking circuitry, remains inadequately characterized in humans despite its vast importance for emotional processing and development of addictions and depression.2012, Volker A Coenen, Jaak Panksepp, Trevor A Hurwitz, Horst Urbach, Burkhard Mädler, “Human medial forebrain bundle (MFB) and anterior thalamic radiation (ATR): imaging of two major subcortical pathways and the dynamic balance of opposite affects in understanding depression”, in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, →DOI, →PMID:
- Derived terms
- hemiforebrain
- Related terms
- afterbrain, hindbrain, midbrain
- Meronyms
- cerebrum, thalamus, hypothalamus, diencephalon, telencephalon