Subcortical and cortical inputs to anterior insula and claustrum in macaque and mouse suggest possible species-specific implications for the role of interoceptive inference in consciousness
Zhaoke Luo, Julien Vezoli, Colette Dehay, Kenneth Knoblauch, Yujie Hou, Kennedy Henry · FENS Forum 2024
The anterior insula cortex (AIC) and claustrum (CLA ) are two closely related brain regions. AIC is thought to integrate visceral information, suggesting it plays a role in interoceptive inference, thereby providing a possible neural mechanism for consciousness. Studies on CLA indicate that it is a cortical hub for orchestrating inter-areal communication. Because of the strong interaction between CLA and AIC, combined they could play a role in consciousness. Here we have undertaken to compare our findings in macaque with those in rodent. Retrograde tracers were injected in macaque brain AIC an
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