Insular networks for emotional processing and social cognition: Comparison of two case reports with either cortical or subcortical involvement

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1420-1434

  Couto, Blas ^a,b,e   Sedeño, Lucas ^a   Sposato, Luciano A ^a   Sigman, Mariano ^c   Riccio, Patricia M ^a   Salles, Alejo ^c   Lopez, Vladimir ^e   Schroeder, Johannes ^f   Manes, Facundo ^a,b   Ibanez, Agustin ^a,b,d  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Fronto insular temporal network; Insula; Social cognition; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLAUSTRUM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISGUST; DYSARTHRIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOOT PAIN; FRONTAL OPERCULUM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INSULA; LEG PAIN; LONELINESS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUTAMEN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COGNITION; SUBCORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE DISORDER;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84876702030     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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