Visceral cortex: Integration of the mucosal senses with limbic information in the rat agranular insular cortex

The organization of the subcortical and cortical connections of the rat agranular insular cortex was examined. Retrogradely transported dyes were used to map the agranular insular cortex efferents to brainstem visceral nuclei (the nucleus of the solitary tract and the parabrachial nucleus), to gustatory‐visceral and limbic thalamic nuclei (medial ventrobasal and mediodorsal thalamus, respectively), and to association cortex (medial prefrontal and contralateral agranular insular cortex). The results revealed that a specific area within the ipsilateral agranular insular cortex projected to all of the subcortical and cortical areas listed above. This area of overlap in the agranular insular cortex stretched from the level of the genu of the corpus callosum rostrally to the crossing of the anterior commissure caudally.

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