cortex insularis TAH9188 Unit Page

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cortex insularis (par)

Identification

Official Latin term	cortex insularis (par)
Official subsidiary term	insular cortex (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U9188
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	cortex insularis (par)
Links of entity	generic: cortex insularis
Partonomic links	Level 2: encephalon Short Extended
	Level 3: telencephalon Short Extended
	Level 4: complexus claustroinsularis (par)
Subsidiary language with Latin	English French Spanish Russian
Non Latin primary language	English French Spanish Russian

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	corpus humanum
TAH:U5062	systema nervosum
TAH:U5068	systema nervosum centrale
TAH:U5257	encephalon
TAH:U5262	prosencephalon
TAH:U5264	telencephalon
TAH:U12096	morphologia interna telencephali
TAH:U6124	cortex cerebri (par)
TAH:U9180	complexus claustroinsularis (par)
TAH:U9188	cortex insularis (par)