Distinctive Neurons of the Anterior Cingulate and Frontoinsular Cortex: A Historical Perspective. A New Type of Special Cells of the Cingulate and Insular Lobes

摘要: Human anterior cingulate and frontoinsular cortices participate in healthy social-emotional processing. These regions feature 2 related layer 5 neuronal morphotypes, the von Economo neurons fork cells. In this paper, we review historical accounts of these provide a German-to-English translation Economo's seminal paper describing which have come to bear his name. We close with brief discussion regarding functional clinical relevance their home regions.