The Claustrum: charting a way forward for the brain's most mysterious nucleus

• मुख्य लेखक: Ariel Y Deutch (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Brian N. Mathur (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Neurosciences; comparative anatomy; Cingulate cortex; connectivity; Attention; claustrum; insular cortex; insula; conciousness; Prefrontal Cortex
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The claustrum is a long, band-like grey matter structure situated in the ventrolateral telencephalon of most, if not all, mammalian brains. Due to its shape and close proximity to white matter structures and insular cortex, the anatomy and behavioral relevance of the claustrum have proven difficult...