Abstract
Prevailing theories hold that the insula is functionally organized along its caudal-to-rostral axis, with posterior regions coding lower-level sensory information and anterior regions coding higher-level stimulus significance relative to the body's homeostatic needs. Contrary to predictions of this model, the response of the taste-sensitive region of the caudal, but not rostral, insula to food images was directly related to the body's homeostatic state as indexed by levels of peripheral glucose.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1551-1552 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Nature Neuroscience |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Nov 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |