Brodmann areas
Brain region map
Brodmann areas are regions of the cerebral cortex distinguished by their cellular structure, numbered 1 through 52.
German neurologist Korbinian Brodmann mapped them in 1909.
The numbering system remains standard in neuroscience for identifying brain regions: Damage to Brodmann area 17 affects vision.
Different areas correspond to different functions—area 4 controls movement, areas 41 and 42 process sound.
Organ's external tissue
- corticalOf an outer layer
- gyrusCerebral cortex ridge
- sulcusGroove in tissue
- prefrontalBefore the frontal lobe
motor cortex · visual cortex · somatosensory · parietal lobe · occipital lobe · temporal lobe · frontal lobe · limbic system
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
motor control · vision · hearing · speech · executive function · sensory processing · emotion · consciousness
Adapting for specific markets
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- fMRIMagnetic neural activity imaging
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
cortex
Organ's external tissue
prefrontal · motor cortex · visual cortex · somatosensory · parietal lobe · occipital lobe · temporal lobe · frontal lobe · limbic system · grey matter
cognition
Mental knowledge acquisition
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- attentionFocused mental awareness
language · motor control · vision · hearing · speech · executive function · sensory processing · emotion · consciousness · learning
localization
Adapting for specific markets
- topographyPhysical feature mapping
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- fMRIMagnetic neural activity imaging
PET · homunculus · voxel
- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
- brain regionscerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
- Brain Cortexparietal lobe, visual cortex, sensory cortex, occipital lobe, temporal lobe
- cerebral cortexgyrus, sulcus, gyri, sulci, neocortex
- neuroscience methodsfMRI, EEG, brain imaging, neuroimaging, brain mapping
- cortexcerebral cortex, neocortex, motor cortex, visual cortex, sensory cortex
Brodmann areasneurons
Signal-transmitting brain cells
synapses · cortical columns · spinal cord · peripheral nervous system
Brodmann areasbasal ganglia
Subcortical motor-control nuclei
thalamus · cerebellum · hypothalamus · amygdala · hippocampus