Von Economo and fork neurons in the monkey insula, implications for evolution of cognition
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cobeha.2018.05.006
Abstract: The von Economo and fork neurons are atypical cortical projection neurons. They occur in insular and cingulate cortical areas that interface homeostatic bodily states with high-order brain functions. Their recent discovery in the macaque monkey… read more here.
Keywords: fork neurons; von economo; monkey insula; economo fork ... See more keywords
Transcriptomic evidence that von Economo neurons are regionally specialized extratelencephalic-projecting excitatory neurons
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14952-3
Abstract: von Economo neurons (VENs) are bipolar, spindle-shaped neurons restricted to layer 5 of human frontoinsula and anterior cingulate cortex that appear to be selectively vulnerable to neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases, although little is known about… read more here.
Keywords: economo neurons; cluster; von economo; excitatory neurons ... See more keywords
Von Economo neurons: Cellular specialization of human limbic cortices?
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DOI: 10.1111/joa.13642
Abstract: Von Economo neurons (VENs) have been mentioned in the medical literature since the second half of the 19th century; however, it was not until the second decade of the 20th century that their cytomorphology was… read more here.
Keywords: human limbic; specialization human; cellular specialization; economo neurons ... See more keywords
Von Economo’s disease and postencephalitic parkinsonism responsive to carbidopa and levodopa
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DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s153313
Abstract: Postencephalitic parkinsonism (PEP) is currently perceived as having a very close etiologic relationship with encephalitis lethargica (von Economo’s disease [EL]), with PEP developing immediately after the acute phase of EL or at some time later.… read more here.
Keywords: postencephalitic parkinsonism; economo disease; von economo; disease ... See more keywords