claustrum
Thin neural sheet
The claustrum is a thin, irregular sheet of gray matter in the brain, tucked between the outer cortex and deeper structures.
Its function remains debated, but theories suggest it may integrate sensory information or coordinate conscious experience.
The name comes from the Latin for "enclosed place"—the structure is hidden, claustrally, between other brain regions.
Buried cortical lobe
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- caudateHaving a tail
- amygdalaEmotion-processing brain cluster
hippocampus · thalamus · grey matter · white matter · cerebral · hemisphere · lobes · gyrus
State of sentient awareness
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- salienceState of standing out
- attentionFocused mental awareness
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
Operating in both directions
- afferentConveying toward central point
- efferentConveying outward from center
- integrationCombining into a whole
- multisensoryInvolving several perception modes
cross-modal · binding · synchronization · hub · circuitry · pathway · association · relay
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- interneuronsNeurons connecting other neurons
- synapticOf nerve connections
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
- dendriteNeuron's input branch
German family name
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- fMRIMagnetic neural activity imaging
- brain mappingCharting neural structures
- electrophysiologyBiology's electrical activity science
insula
Buried cortical lobe
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- basal gangliaSubcortical motor-control nuclei
- caudateHaving a tail
amygdala · hippocampus · thalamus · grey matter · white matter · cerebral · hemisphere · lobes · gyrus · sulcus
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
perception · synchrony · sleep regulation · selective attention
bidirectional
Operating in both directions
- afferentConveying toward central point
- efferentConveying outward from center
- integrationCombining into a whole
multisensory · cross-modal · binding · synchronization · hub · circuitry · pathway · association · relay · feedback loop
neurons
Signal-transmitting brain cells
- interneuronsNeurons connecting other neurons
- synapticOf nerve connections
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
Koch
German family name
- neuroimagingVisualizing nervous system structure
- fMRIMagnetic neural activity imaging
- brain mappingCharting neural structures
claustrumcerebral cortex
Brain's outer neural sheet
neocortex · cerebrum · cerebellum · frontal lobe · gyrus