insulo-orbital agranular cortex
Acronym: IOC
The term insulo-orbital agranular cortex (IOC) refers to a portion of cerebral cortex (CTX) that spans the junction of the anterior part of the insula (INS) and the orbital gyri (ORG) in the human ( Zilles-2004 ) and the macaque ( Mesulam-1982 ). The insular component is the agranular sector of the insula (INSa). The orbital component is the agranular orbitofrontal cortex (OFCa). Identified on the basis of internal structure, it has a few scattered granule cells, but no clusters of granule cells that would define it as dysgranular cortex or granular cortex. Having neither an external granular layer (II) nor an internal granular layer (IV) it is agranular cortex ( Mesulam-1984 ).
      While the IOC has no topological equivalent in the smooth cortex of the rat ( Swanson-2004 ) or mouse ( Dong-2004 ), it is histologically equivalent to the rodent's INSa, which is located rostrally on the ventrolateral surface of the cerebral cortex (CTX). It is dorsal to the piriform cortex (PIR) and ventral to the gustatory cortex (G1) and visceral sensory cortex.
     

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