Abstract
Human anterior cingulate and frontoinsular cortices participate in healthy social-emotional processing. These regions feature 2 related layer 5 neuronal morphotypes, the von Economo neurons and fork cells. In this paper, we review the historical accounts of these neurons and provide a German-to-English translation of von Economo's seminal paper describing the neurons which have come to bear his name. We close with a brief discussion regarding the functional and clinical relevance of these neurons and their home regions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 245-247 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Cerebral Cortex |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2012 |
Keywords
- Anterior cingulate cortex
- Cytoarchitecture
- Fork cell
- Insula
- Von Economo neuron