forebrain

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Etymology

From fore- +‎ brain.

Noun

forebrain (plural forebrains)

1. (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.

   Synonym: prosencephalon

   Antonym: afterbrain

   • 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:

     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.

Meronyms

• cerebrum
• thalamus
• hypothalamus
• diencephalon
• telencephalon

Derived terms

• hemiforebrain

Translations

part of the brain

Armenian: առաջային ուղեղ (aṙaǰayin uġeġ) Breton: ragempenn m Czech: přední mozek m Dutch: voorhersen Estonian: eesaju Finnish: etuaivot French: prosencéphale (fr) m, cerveau antérieur (fr) m German: Vorderhirn (de) Greek: πρόσθιος εγκέφαλος m (prósthios egkéfalos) Gujarati: અગ્રમસ્તિષ્ક (agramastiṣk) Hindi: अग्रमस्तिष्क (agramastiṣk) Hungarian: előagy (hu) Japanese: 前脳 (ja) (zennō) Javanese: ꦲꦸꦠꦼꦏ꧀​ꦔꦗꦼꦁ (utek ngajeng) Kazakh: алдыңғы ми (aldyñğy mi) Korean: 전뇌 (jeonnoe), 앞뇌 (amnoe) Latvian: priekšējās smadzenes Marathi: अग्रमस्तिष्क (agramastiṣka) Polish: przodomózgowie Portuguese: prosencéfalo m Russian: пере́дний мозг (perédnij mozg) Spanish: prosencéfalo (es) m Swedish: framhjärna (sv), prosencefalon (sv) Tagalog: harapangutak Tamil: முன்மூளை (muṉmūḷai) Turkish: ön beyin Ukrainian: передній мозок (perednij mozok) Welsh: blaen-ymennydd m

See also

• afterbrain
• hindbrain
• midbrain