Insular Cortex

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
IC
Pronunciation
/ˈɪnsələr ˈkɔrtɛks/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. They also evaluated whether the functional connectivity of the piriform and insular cortex differed between patients and controls;
  2. The insular cortex, also known as the insula, lies deep inside the brain.
  3. The scientists infused these viruses into the insular cortex, a part of the brain that their previous work had shown was critical for the taste aversion memory.
  4. But relying on it for long periods is tiring, causing us to revert to more primitive parts of the brain, like the insular cortex, which are no good when it comes to judging value for money.
  5. The central segment of DM received afferent projections from the dorsal agranular insular cortex and the prepiriform cortex, also related with the function of the limbic system.

Other meanings of IC