as we learn more about the brain, we need language to identify the regions we talk about. these regions have specific names but it is not alway obvious where they are actually found in the brain. however, every structure will fall within this hierarchy laid out below.
note : the hierarchy labels are slightly different in the allen brain atlas
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§ neuro 502 lecture material - nick steinmetz