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Insula of Reil

Known as: Insular Cortices, Insular Region of the Brain, Cortex insularis 
An invaginated portion of the cerebral cortex forming the base of the sylvian fissure. It is part of the lateral side of the cortex and its function… 
National Institutes of Health

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Narrower (6)

Anterior insulaCentral insular sulcusLONG INSULAR GYRI (human only)Short insular gyrus

Broader (2)

Cerebral cortexInsula and opercula
Cerebral hemisphere structure (body structure)Structure of limen insulaeSurface of brainTemporal Lobe

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Separating brain processing of pain fromthat of stimulus intensity
Regions of the brain network activated by painful stimuli are also activated by nonpainful and even nonsomatosensory stimuli. We… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Neural recruitment for the production of native and novel speech sounds
Review
1999
Review
1999
Meta-Analysis of thirty-four independent samples studied using PET reveals a significantly attenuated central response to noxious stimulation in clinical pain patients
  • S. Derbyshire
  • Current Pain and Headache Reports
  • 1999
  • Corpus ID: 33941761
Chronic pain disorder is widely understood as a “biopsychosocial” phenomenon, meaning that it is influenced by psychology and… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
In vivo long-term potentiation in the insular cortex: NMDA receptor dependence
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Efferent connections of the lamina terminalis, the preoptic area and the insular cortex to submandibular and sublingual gland of the rat traced with pseudorabies virus
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Hypothalamic and cortical sympathetic responses relay in the medulla of the rat.
Previously, investigations have indicated that the efferent pathway for sympathetic responses originating in the insular cortex… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Visuotopic organization of the lateral suprasylvian area and of an adjacent area of the ectosylvian gyrus of cat cortex: A physioligical and connectional study
Abstract We have explored the visuotopic organization of the territory surrounding the middle suprasylvian sulcus (MSS) of cat… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Taste area in granular and dysgranular insular cortices in the rat identified by stimulation of the entire oral cavity
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Cortical substrates of taste aversion learning: dorsal prepiriform (insular) lesions disrupt taste aversion learning.
The functional relation between restricted damage to ventral primary somatosensory neocortex and the ability of rats to acquire… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Electrical responses to acoustic clicks in monkey: extent of neocortex activated.
THE POSTERIOR HALF of the cortex of the supratemporal plane in the monkey has been related to the auditory system by anatomical… 
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