The neuropsychological impact of insular cortex lesions

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 611-618

  Jones, Catherine L ^a   Ward, Jamie ^a   Critchley, Hugo D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FATIGUE; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HEART BEAT; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFLAMMATION; INSULA; MORPHOMETRICS; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OPTIC NERVE; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STOMACH; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; THROAT;

EID: 77953706380     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.193672     Document Type: Review

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