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Protocerebrum

Protocerebrum

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Composition of the protocerebrum.

Names of regions

protocerebrum, can be further subdivided into a more lateral region bearing, for example, the optic lobes (archicerebrum) and a median region that includes, for example, the pars intercerebralis (prosocerebrum). Most authors think that the archicerebrum represents the tip of the neuraxis, but this has been disputed."