Published June 2005
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Journal Article
What is the function of the claustrum?
- Creators
- Crick, Francis
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Koch, Christof
Abstract
The claustrum is a thin, irregular, sheet-like neuronal structure hidden beneath the inner surface of the neocortex in the general region of the insula. Its function is enigmatic. Its anatomy is quite remarkable in that it receives input from almost all regions of cortex and projects back to almost all regions of cortex. We here briefly summarize what is known about the claustrum, speculate on its possible relationship to the processes that give rise to integrated conscious percepts, propose mechanisms that enable information to travel widely within the claustrum and discuss experiments to address these questions.
Additional Information
Received January 18, 2005. Accepted March 29, 2005. Published 29 June 2005. © 2005 The Royal Society. The first draft of this manuscript was completed on 19 July 2004 by F.C. He was refining the manuscript on 28 July, the day he died in hospital. I (C.K.) wish to thank the many people who helped Francis and myself in various ways with the manuscripts and the ideas it contains: Ann Butler, Ed Callaway, Antonio Damasio, Emiko Koike, Nikos Logothetis, Kathleen Murray, Tomaso Poggio, Ralph Siegel and Terry Sejnowski.Additional details
- PMCID
- PMC1569501
- Eprint ID
- 40358
- DOI
- 10.1098/rstb.2005.1661
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20130816-103138504
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- Caltech groups
- Koch Laboratory (KLAB)