"The insular cortex is also known as the island of Reil, named after German anatomist, physiologist and pioneer psychiatrist Johann Christian Reil (1759-1813) 7. In Latin, insula means "island"."
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"The insula is shaped like a sessile irregular pyramid, with its trapezoid base facing medially. The base is circumscribed by the circular sulcus, although, more precisely, it is bounded by four peri-insular sulci: anterior, inferior, superior, and posterior 3,4. The apex points laterally into the Sylvian fissure. The insular cortex is divided into two lobules, anterior and posterior, by the central sulcus of the insula, which passes obliquely from posterosuperior to anteroinferior."
"The insula is shaped like a sessile irregular pyramid, with its trapezoid base facing medially. The base is circumscribed by the circular sulcus, although, more precisely, it is bounded by four peri-insular sulci: anterior, inferior, superior, and posterior 3,4. The apex points laterally into the Sylvian fissure. The insular cortex is divided into two lobules, anterior and posterior, by the central sulcus of the insula, which passes obliquely from posterosuperior to anteroinferior."
"The insular cortex is also known as the island of Reil, named after German anatomist, physiologist and pioneer psychiatrist Johann Christian Reil (1759-1813) 7. In Latin, insula means "island"."
"The insula has a number of disparate functions, serving as the primary gustatory cortex, as well as having important connections to language and visual-vestibular integration 2. Additionally, it also has important autonomic function, particularly sympathetic tone from the right insula; damage to this area has been associated with cardiac arrhythmias 2."