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Chapter 1 - A Brief History of Insular Cortex Epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2022

By
François Dubeau
Edited by
Dang Nguyen ,
Jean Isnard  and
Philippe Kahane
Dang Nguyen
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
Jean Isnard
Affiliation:
Claude Bernard University Lyon
Philippe Kahane
Affiliation:
Grenoble-Alpes University Hospital
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Summary

The insula was described more than two centuries ago, in 1809, by the anatomist Johann Christian Reil. However, the functional anatomy of the insular cortex and the importance of the insula in psychiatric and neurologic pathological conditions remained obscure for a long period after the initial description of Reil. The location and the complex functional organization of the insula explain, for instance, the difficulty researchers and clinicians had in defining its contribution in temporal lobe epilepsy. This introductory chapter reviews the important steps that led to a better understanding of the role of the insula in human focal epilepsy.

Keywords

insular epilepsyhistoryinsular surgerycortical stimulationelectrocorticographySEEG
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Insular Epilepsies , pp. 1 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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