<p>The initial approach to understanding what part of the brain controlled what function was the legacy of Sherrington (1857 – 1952) who found that different parts of the brain have different cellular architecture and control different functions and sensations. And in 1909, Korbinian Brodmann discovered that different regions of the brain had different cellular architecture, which he divided into numbered areas (today called “Brodmann areas”).&nbsp; He dissected the brain into 52 distinct regions. The cerebellar cortex is also subdivided into nearly a hundred areas. Currently, we know that each of these divisions is composed of characteristic neuronal circuits that consist of numerous neurons of diverse types interconnected with each other via synapses.&nbsp;<br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/brodmann.png" alt="Original Cortical Atlas by Brodmann, Colorized Lateral View of the left hemisphere" width="405" height="284" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;">Figure : Original Cortical Atlas by Brodmann, Colorized&nbsp;<br><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Lateral View of the left hemisphere</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><img src="@@PLUGINFILE@@/brodmann-area.png" alt="The 52 Brodmann areas of the brain" width="621" height="277" class="img-responsive atto_image_button_text-bottom"><br></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="">Figure : The 52 Brodmann areas of the brain<br></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style=""><br></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></p>