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

• מחבר ראשי: Ariel Y Deutch (auth)
• מחברים אחרים: Brian N. Mathur (auth)
• פורמט: אלקטרוני Book Chapter
• שפה: אנגלית
• יצא לאור: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• סדרה: Frontiers Research Topics
• נושאים: Neurosciences; comparative anatomy; Cingulate cortex; connectivity; Attention; claustrum; insular cortex; insula; conciousness; Prefrontal Cortex
• גישה מקוונת: 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...