The cerebellum, cerebrum, and brain stem are the three main parts of your brain. The brain stem connects to your spinal cord and sits just underneath the cerebrum. The largest part of the brain is ...

Your brainstem is the stalk-like part at the base of your brain. It connects the rest of your brain to your spinal cord. You need this tissue in order to perform most bodily functions.

Combined with the recordings of brain activity, the result is the largest wiring diagram and functional map of the brain to date, containing more than 200,000 cells, four kilometers of axons (the ...

In 1979, biologist Francis Crick claimed it would be impossible to create an accurate diagram of the brain’s wiring and neuronal activity—even within just a cubic millimeter of brain tissue.