Granular insular cortex

Granular insular cortex (or visceral area) refers to a portion of the cerebral cortex defined on the basis of internal structure in the human and macaque,[1] the rat,[2] and the mouse.[3] Classified as neocortex, it is in primates distinguished from adjacent allocortex (periallocortex) by the presence of granular layers – external granular layer (II) and internal granular layer (IV) – and by differentiation of the external pyramidal layer (III) into sublayers.[4] In primates it occupies the posterior part of the insula.[5] In rodents it is located on the lateral surface of the cortex rostrally, dorsal to the gustatory area or, more caudally, dorsal to the agranular insula.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mesulam M-M; Mufson EJ (1985). "5: The insula of Reil in man and monkey: Architectonics, connectivity, and function". In Peters A, Jones EG. Cerebral Cortex. pp. 179–226. OCLC 277149053.
  2. ↑ Swanson LW (1998). Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain (2nd Revised ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. OCLC 640898561.
  3. ↑ Paxinos G; Franklin KBJ (2001). The Mouse Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates (2nd ed.). San Diego: Academic Press. OCLC 493265554.
  4. ↑ Zilles K (2004). "27: Architecture of the human cerebral cortex". In Paxinos G, Mai JK. The Human Nervous System (2nd ed.). Amsterdam: Elsevier. OCLC 54767534.
  5. ↑ Mesulam M-M, Mufson EJ (1984). "5: The insula of Reil in man and monkey: Architectonics, connectivity, and function". In Peters A, Jones EG. Cerebral Cortex. pp. 179–226. OCLC 277149053.
  6. ↑ Swanson LW (2004). Brain Maps: Structure of the Rat Brain (3rd ed.). Oxford: Elsevier Academic Press. OCLC 225608577.

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