Neural Pathways
Clusters of neurons that connect to each other can be referred to as biological neural networks, with different networks connecting to each other by neural pathways.
The Human Connectome Project
Mapping the human brain is one of the great scientific challenges of the 21st century. The Human Connectome Project (HCP) is tackling a key aspect of this challenge by elucidating the neural pathways that underlie brain function and behavior. Deciphering this amazingly complex wiring diagram will reveal much about what makes us uniquely human and what makes every person different from all others.
The goal of the Human Connectome Project is to build a "network map" (connectome) that will shed light on the anatomical and functional connectivity within the healthy human brain, as well as to produce a body of data that will facilitate research into brain disorders such as dyslexia, autism, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophrenia
The basal ganglia are located near the thalamus and hypothalamus. They receive input from the cerebral cortex, which sends outputs to the motor centers in the brain stem. A part of the basal ganglia called the striatum controls posture and movement. ... The limbic system is also tightly connected to the prefrontal cortex.
White matter fibre pathways of the brain as depicted with MR tractography.
Macaque brain long-distance network. Each vertex of the network corresponds to a brain region in the hierarchical brain map of SI Appendix, Fig. S6, and each edge encodes the presence of long-distance connection between corresponding brain regions. Edges are drawn using algorithmically bundled splines (25). SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3 provide a summary of the number of edges in major corticocortical and corticosubcortical subnetworks. A color wheel is used for better discrimination amongst brain regions. For the leaf brain regions in the two outermost circles, the color wheel is rotated by 120° and 240°. The edges are drawn in black. SI Appendix, Table S1 enumerates the entire hierarchical brain map and provides a complete index to acronyms of the brain regions; it has been color-coded for wider accessibility. See full article on Macaque brain.