FOREBRAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forebrain mean? 

• FOREBRAIN (noun)
  The noun FOREBRAIN has 1 sense:

1. the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube

  Familiarity information: FOREBRAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREBRAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

forebrain; prosencephalon

Hypernyms ("forebrain" is a kind of...):

neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

Meronyms (parts of "forebrain"):

cerebral peduncle; peduncle (a bundle of myelinated neurons joining different parts of the brain)

corpus callosum (a broad transverse nerve tract connecting the two cerebral hemispheres)

telencephalon (the anterior division of the forebrain; the cerebrum and related parts of the hypothalamus)

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

Holonyms ("forebrain" is a part of...):

brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

 Context examples 

The most severe form of holoprosencephaly in which there is a complete absence of midline forebrain division resulting in the presence of fused hemispheres and a single ventricle (alobar holoprosencephaly).

(Holoprosencephaly Type 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Anatomical structure located in the vertebral forebrain that receives neural input regarding odors that have been detected by cells within the nasal cavity.

(Olfactory bulb, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare disorder characterized by the failure of the forebrain to divide into distinct hemispheres.

(Holoprosencephaly, NCI Thesaurus)

The layer located below the cerebral cortex that includes the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain.

(Cerebral Subcortex, NCI Thesaurus)

A nucleus composed of neurons in the forebrain.

(Accumbens Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

This pattern involved what scientists described as neuroflexibility, in a circuit between the brain’s medial prefrontal cortex and forebrain regions including the ventral striatum, extended amygdala, and hippocampus during sustained stress exposure.

(Researchers identify brain circuits that help people cope with stress, NIH)