The Mysterious Island: Insula and Its Dual Function in Sleep and Wakefulness

In the recent sleep studies, it was shown that afferentation of many cortical areas switches during sleep to the interoceptive one. However, it was unclear whether the insular cortex, which is often considered as the main cortical visceral representation, maintains the same effective connectivity in...

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Main Authors: Ekaterina V. Levichkina, Irina I. Busygina, Marina L. Pigareva, Ivan N. Pigarev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2020.592660/full