postcentral insular sulcus ( pois )

The term postcentral insular sulcus refers to the sulcus identified by dissection that separates the anterior long gyrus of the insula from the posterior long gyrus in the human. It is well defined in only 44% of hemispheres, Interrupted in 18% and shallow or absent in the remainder ( Ture-1999 ). It is not found in macaques ( Mufson-1997 ) or rodents ( NeuroNames ).

Also known as

Name	Language	Source	Source Citation	Source Title	Organism
longitudinal sulcus of the insula (human)	English	Crosby-1962	New York: MacMillan, 1962	Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System	human
Sulcus longitudinalis insulae	Latin	Mai-1997	San Diego: Academic Press, 1997	Atlas of the Human Brain	human
postcentral sulcus of island	English	Crosby-1962	New York: MacMillan, 1962	Correlative Anatomy of the Nervous System	human
longitudinal insular sulcus	English	Mai-1997	San Diego: Academic Press, 1997	Atlas of the Human Brain	human
lis	acronym	Mai-1997	San Diego: Academic Press, 1997	Atlas of the Human Brain	human
lsi	acronym	NeuroNames	University of Washington, Seattle, WA	NeuroNames	human
postcentral insular sulcus	English	Ture-1999		Topographic anatomy of the insular region	human
pois	acronym	NeuroNames	University of Washington, Seattle, WA	NeuroNames	human