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Also known as animal brain, brain organ

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The brain is an encephalon that is part of the head and the central nervous system. It is located in the cranial cavity. The brain has parts including the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, brain stem, and rhombencephalon. It connects with the spinal cord and optic nerve. The subject is found in the taxon Bilateria and has the cause cephalization.

The brain is studied by neuroscience. It is different from the human brain. The Unicode character for the subject is 🧠. It is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The subject is referenced by 3,237 other encyclopedia articles.

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Key facts

Anatomy.Name: Brain
Anatomy.Latin: cerebrum
Anatomy.Greek: ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos)
Anatomy.Image: Chimp Brain in a jar.jpg
Anatomy.Caption: Brain of a chimpanzee
Anatomy.Image2: Brain model - Insula.jpg
Anatomy.Caption2: Model of a human brain
Anatomy.IsPartOf: Nervous system

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Research

2,612,986 papers

The brain's default mode network.ReviewAnnual review of neuroscience · 2015Raichle MEDOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-071013-014030
The brain's default network: anatomy, function, and relevance to disease.ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2008Buckner RL, Andrews-Hanna JR, Schacter DLDOI: 10.1196/annals.1440.011
Brain plasticity and behavior.ReviewAnnual review of psychology · 1998Kolb B, Whishaw IQDOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.49.1.43
The Brain's Glymphatic System: Current Controversies.ReviewTrends in neurosciences · 2020Mestre H, Mori Y, Nedergaard MDOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2020.04.003
Border-associated macrophages as gatekeepers of brain homeostasis and immunity.ReviewImmunity · 2025Vara-Pérez M, Movahedi KDOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.04.005
Brain-Machine Interfaces: From Basic Science to Neuroprostheses and Neurorehabilitation.ReviewPhysiological reviews · 2017Lebedev MA, Nicolelis MADOI: 10.1152/physrev.00027.2016
Mapping the human brain's cortical-subcortical functional network organization.NeuroImage · 2019Ji JL, Spronk M, Kulkarni K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.10.006
Paying the brain's energy bill.ReviewCurrent opinion in neurobiology · 2023Padamsey Z, Rochefort NLDOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2022.102668

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