Chemical neuroanatomy of the primate insula cortex: relationship to cytoarchitectonics, connectivity, function and neurodegeneration.

Mufson EJ, Sobreviela T, Kordower JH

In: HANDBOOK OF CHEMICAL NEUROANATOMY: THE PRIMATE NERVOUS SYSTEM, Part I, F Bloom, A Björklund, T Hökfelt (eds). Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1997, pp. 377-454.

Handbook chapter on the insula of human and nonhuman primates (macaques = Macaca and baboons = Papio); English nomenclature; gross anatomy, cytoarchitecture and connectivity to cortical and subcortical structures; also provides descriptions of embryological development, neurochemical and receptor distributions; richly illustrated with photomicrographs and schematic diagrams.