Editing Insular cortex (section)

==History==
The insula was first described by [[Johann Christian Reil]] while describing cranial and spinal nerves and plexuses.<ref name="Binder">{{cite journal |vauthors=Binder DK, Schaller K, Clusmann H |title=The seminal contributions of Johann-Christian Reil to anatomy, physiology, and psychiatry |journal=Neurosurgery |volume=61 |issue=5 |pages=1091–6; discussion 1096 |date=November 2007 |pmid=18091285 |doi=10.1227/01.neu.0000303205.15489.23 |s2cid=8152708 }}</ref>  [[Henry Gray]] in [[Gray's Anatomy]] is responsible for it being known as the ''Island of Reil''.<ref name="Binder"/>  [[John Allman]] and colleagues showed that anterior insular cortex contains [[spindle neurons]].