| Brain: Claustrum | ||
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| Horizontal section of right cerebral hemisphere. | ||
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| Coronal section of brain immediately in front of pons. | ||
| Latin | ' | |
| Gray's | subject #189 836 | |
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| BrainInfo/UW | hier-234 | |
| MeSH | A08.186.211.730.885.105 | |
The claustrum is a thin layer of grey matter lying between the extreme capsule and external capsule in the brain. Its function is not completely known, although it has reciprocal connections with the cerebral cortex.
Francis Crick, a neuroscientist keen on studying the neural correlate of consciousness, pointed to the claustrum as one of the most probable key components of consciousness in his last works [1].
References[]
- Francis C. Crick and Christof Koch, "What is the function of the claustrum?," Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci., volume 360, number 1458, pp. 1271-1279, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1661.
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