The brain is divided into areas which are each responsible for different areas of functioning. The brain can be divided into three basic units: the forebrain, the midbrain and the hindbrain. These ...

This work shows that the brain of vertebrates must have formed initially from two regions (anterior and posterior), and not three (forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain), as proposed by the current ...

The midbrain–hindbrain boundary (MHB) is a model for a local signalling centre in the emerging vertebrate brain. It regulates the development of its flanking territories through the secretion of ...

Amphioxus has the part of the gene network that positions the midbrain–hindbrain boundary, but lacks the portion that confers organizer properties.

As a result, the system organized itself to mimic the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain and spinal cord in a way that mirrors embryonic development.