forebrain
IPA: fˈɔrbreɪn
noun
- (neuroanatomy) The anterior part of the brain, including the cerebrum, thalamus, and hypothalamus.
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Examples of "forebrain" in Sentences
- The putamen is a structure in the forebrain.
- And the forebrain was much bigger in proportion.
- The forebrain is also the seat of human consciousness.
- It is an adult version of the embryonic forebrain germinal zone.
- This only applies in the forebrain. it is not so in the midbrain.
- As soon as the SnarkJam clears in my forebrain the barbs will fly.
- It is part of the basal forebrain and includes the nucleus basalis.
- Acetylcholine is known to promote wakefulness in the basal forebrain.
- The reinforcer was electrical stimulation to the medial forebrain bundle.
- The thalamus then innervates the cortical division of the limbic forebrain.
- In reading, one's forebrain is fully engaged; when it disengages, reading stops.
- The cerebrum is part of the forebrain, which is also made up of the diencephalon.
- The forebrain, which is normally divided such that we have a left and a right brain—the left and right cerebral hemispheres—is fused into a single unitary structure.
- From the lower portion of the most forward portion of the forebrain are a pair of outgrowths which received the nerves from the nostrils and are therefore concerned with the sense of smell.
- "It seems that now, finally, recognition has arrived at Werner Herzog's feet, and for an inveterate, lifelong Herzogian (alright, since adolescence), his current presence in the cultural forebrain is something of a vindication."
- New research finds that nitric oxide accumulation in the brain's basal forebrain is both necessary and sufficient to produce sleep, providing a completely new basis for developing drugs that help people stay awake -- or, conversely, sleep.
- Robertson RT, Gallardo KA, Claytor KJ, Ha DH, Ku KH, et al. (1998) Neonatal treatment with 192 IgG-saporin produces long-term forebrain cholinergic deficits and reduces dendritic branching and spine density of neocortical pyramidal neurons.
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