Within the insular cortex – a small lobe folded deep within the cerebral cortex of the mammalian brain – bodily feedback signals are used to keep fear responses in check, according to a new study in ...

Insular cortex epilepsy (IE) is a form of epilepsy that arises from the insular cortex, a region of the brain that plays a crucial role in various functions, including emotion, perception, and ...

Researchers of the Human Brain Project (HBP) have identified seven new areas of the human insular cortex, a region of the brain that is involved in a wide variety of functions, including ...

All newly detected areas are now available as 3D probability maps in the Julich Brain Atlas, and can be openly accessed via the HBP’s EBRAINS infrastructure. Their findings, published in NeuroImage, ...