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insular cortex (pair)

Identification
Official Latin term cortex insularis (par)
Official term insular cortex (pair)
Unit identifier TAH:U9188
Unit type pair
Materiality material
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Partonomic links Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
Level 3: telencephalon Short Extended
Level 4: claustroinsular complex (pair)
Taxonomic links Level 2: grey matter of central nervous system Short Extended
Level 3: ganglion of neuraxis
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Notes
The Insula is composed of three Belt regions (see Mesulam M-M and Mufson EJ (1985 The insula of Reil in man and monkey. Architectonics, connectivity and function. In: Peters A, Jones EG, eds, Cerebral Cortex, Vol 4, Plenum Press, New York, pp 179-226): 1) The Cortex insularis agranularis (Agranular insular cortex, where Layers II and IV are lacking) in the Anterior insula is characterized by a Superficial pyramidal layer and an Inner cell layer, continuous with the Pyramidal layer of the Piriform cortex. Here, the recently rediscovered von Economo neurons (VENs) are found (see Allman JM, Tetreault NA, Hakeem AY, et al. 2011 The von Economo neurons in fronto-insular and anterior cingulate cortex. Ann NY Acad Sci 1225:59-71). 2) The Cortex insularis dysgranularis (Dysgranular insular cortex), a Proisocortical region characterized by the presence of an inconspicuous Inner granular layer IV. Layers V and VI are also not as clearly separated from each other as in true isocortex. 3) The Cortex insularis granularis (Granular insular cortex), a posterior granular region with clearly visible Inner (layer IV) and Outer (layer II) granular layers (True isocortex; see also Zilles and Amunts 2012).
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
human body
TAH:U5062
nervous system SOS
TAH:U5068
central nervous system SOS
TAH:U5257
encephalon SOS
TAH:U5262
prosencephalon SOS
TAH:U5264
telencephalon SOS
TAH:U12096
internal morphology of telencephalon XOS
TAH:U6124
cerebral cortex (pair) UOX
TAH:U9180
claustroinsular complex (pair) UOU
TAH:U9188 insular cortex (pair) UOU
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Date: 25.06.2025