Nociceptive Local Field Potentials Recorded from the Human Insula Are Not Specific for Nociception.

The insula, particularly its posterior portion, is often regarded as a primary cortex for pain. However, this interpretation is largely based on reverse inference, and a specific involvement of the insula in pain has never been demonstrated. Taking advantage of the high spatiotemporal resolution of...

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Main Authors: Giulia Liberati, Anne Klöcker, Marta M Safronova, Susana Ferrão Santos, Jose-Geraldo Ribeiro Vaz, Christian Raftopoulos, André Mouraux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002345