The insular cortex. A review.

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 195, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-163

  Nieuwenhuys, Rudolf ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agranular zone; Awareness; Cognitive functions; Cytoarchitecture; Dysgranular zone; Granular zone; Insula; Insular cortex; Spindle cells; Von Economo neurons

Indexed keywords

ANOSOGNOSIA; APE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; ELEPHANT; EMOTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPLORHINI; HEARING; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INSULA; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSORY CORTEX; SPEECH; TASTE; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; WHALE;

EID: 84855477897     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: 18757855     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53860-4.00007-6     Document Type: Chapter

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