Glossary
There's lots of new things to learn about the brain - and plenty of new words! We've put together a glossary of some of the most common terms to fill up your brain.
- Amino acid
- Amygdala
- Astrocyte
- Auditory cortex
- Axon
- Basal ganglia
- Blood-brain barrier
- Brain waves
- Brainstem
- Central nervous system
- Cerebellum
- Cerebral cortex
- Cerebrum
- Cochlea
- Dopamine
- Endocrine system
- Frontal lobe
- Glial cells
- Hypothalamus
- Limbic system
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Microglia
- Motor cortex
- Myelin
- Neurogenesis
- Neuron
- Neuroplasticity
- Occipital lobe
- Olfactory bulb
- Parietal lobe
- Pituitary gland
- Serotonin
- Spinal cord
- Stem Cells
- Synapse
- Tau protein
- Temporal lobes
- Thalamus
- Vestibular system
- Visual cortex
- White matter