Cytoarchitectonics of the Rolandic Operculum: Morphofunctional Ponderings

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Journal Brain Struct Funct

Specialty Neurology

Date 2021 Mar 20

PMID 33743075

Citations 16

Authors

Lazaros C Triarhou

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Abstract

Constantin von Economo (1876-1931) had a long-standing interest in the cellular structure of the human cerebral cortex. In the present article I highlight a historical paper that von Economo published in 1930 on the cytoarchitectonics of the Rolandic operculum, an English translation of which I provide as supplementary material. I further discuss some morphofunctional aspects of the human opercular cortex from a modern perspective, as well as the clinical relevance to language dysfunctions, the operculum syndrome, and epilepsy.

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