Abbreviation

Ins

Species

Human

Description of part

No description provided. The nomenclature was adapted from the atlas, pages 313-328. Collator note: the abbreviation of the insular cortex is identical with that of the insula. The tree of the insula, provided in the associated reference contains a footnote where the authors list the Regio peripaleocorticalis claustralis of Stephan and the Claustrocortex of Brockhaus as equivalent names

Part type

gray matter

Nomenclature

Mai-1997

Endorsement

The approach used by the collator Mihail Bota is not endorsed by the author of the nomenclature.

Collator argument

The hierarchy was constructed based on the information provided in the atlas (pages 281-287), and on the latest version of the hierarchical tree provided by the first author of the atlas. Some structures are captured in two or more hierarchical trees in the used sources. Details are provided for those structures.

Reference

Insular cortex - Mouse - Hof et al.-2000