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What is an insula?

What is an insula? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) A block of buildings in a Roman town.
  2. (neuroanatomy) The insular cortex, a structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus.
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The areas most affected were the superior temporal, anterior insula, and orbitofrontal cortices.
The insula contained cenacula, tabernae, storage rooms under the stairs, and lower floor shops.
It occupies the southernmost portion of an insula extending backwards to the city walls.
In addition, a stronger prickling sensation in the nose of photic sneezers was found to be associated with activation in the insula and stronger activation in the secondary somatosensory cortex.
The insula sacra belongs to the original nucleus settlement of the Late Hellenistic period.
Brain activity was recorded, and the data showed that activity was high in the insula, an area of the brain associated with acute pain.

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