Island of Reil (Insula) in the Human Brain Anatomical, Functional, Clinical and Surgical Aspects /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Turgut, Mehmet (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Yurttaş, Canan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tubbs, R. Shane (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Neurosurgery.; Neurology .; Neurosciences.; Neurology.

This book provides an in-depth review of the insula, with emphasis on anatomical, diagnostics, clinical, and surgical features. The insular cortex is involved in a variety of functions, but a comprehensive resource cataloging these functions is not available in the current literature. This book gath...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Anatomy of the Human Insula: Embryological Development of Insula
• Gross Anatomy of the Human Insula
• Surgical Anatomy of the Insula.-Middle longitudinal fasciculus in the human brain from fiber dissection.-Structural Connectivity of the Insula to Other Cortical Regions.-Neuroimaging Techniques for Investigation of the Insula.-Measurements of the Insula Volume using MRI
• Neuroimaging in Social Anxiety Disorder
• Part 2: Functions of the Human Insula: Nociceptive Local Field Potentials Recorded from the Human Insula are not Specific for Nociception.-Participation of the Insula in Language.-Role of the Anterior Insula in Decision Making
• Lateralization of the Insular Cortex.- Gustatory Areas within the Insular Cortex.-Role of the Insula in Human Cognition.-Right Anterior Insula: Core Region of Hallucinations in Cognitive Neurodegenerative Diseases.-Role of the Insula in Visual and Auditory Perception.-Role of the Anterior Insula in Autism.-Role of the Insular Cortex in Emotional Awareness.-Alterations of Reil's Insula in Alzheimer's Disease
• Contribution(s) of the Insula to Speech Production.-Role of the Insula in Auditory Processing
• Role of the insula in non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease
• Part 3: Clinical Disorders Related with Insula
• Insular Cortex Epilepsy.-Role of the Insula in Meditation
• Neuropsychological Deficits due to the Insula Damage
• Role of the Insula in Schizophrenia
• Part 4: Surgery of the Insular Cortex.-Surgical Techniques for Investigation of Role of the Insula in Epilepsy.-Surgery of insular diffuse low-grade gliomas.-Role of the Insula in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Surgery Failure.