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

• Main Author: Ariel Y Deutch (auth)
• Other Authors: Brian N. Mathur (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; comparative anatomy; Cingulate cortex; connectivity; Attention; claustrum; insular cortex; insula; conciousness; Prefrontal Cortex
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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...