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Prosencephalon

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Forebrain (Prosencephalon)
Diagram depicting the main subdivisions of the embryonic vertebrate brain. These regions will later differentiate into forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain structures.
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MeSHD016548
NeuroNames27
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_1509
TAA14.1.03.006
TEE5.14.1.0.2.0.10
FMA61992
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The prosencephalon (or forebrain), the mesencephalon (midbrain), and rhombencephalon (hindbrain) are the three primary portions of the brain of vertebrates. They develop very early during development of the central nervous system.

When the embryonic prosencephalon fails to divide the brain into two lobes, it results in a condition known as holoprosencephaly.

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