insula

To house a population that reached 50,000, numerous insula were built for the city's working class.

The insula was long ignored for two reasons, researchers said.

That dream, which may not be too far off, puts the insula in the spotlight.

If Aurelia had not made up her mind this insula was the right one before, she now certainly did.

But he won't get his hands on my mother's insula!"

A common role of insula in feelings, empathy and uncertainty.

My husband is a younger son, so we live here in my insula for the time being.

This place has been shown to send axons to the insula.

They found that the 16 who had quit easily were far more likely to have an injury to their insula than to any other area.

Like modern apartment buildings, an insula might have a name, usually referring to the owner of the building.

One of the great advantages of living in a big community like an insula.

At its base are the remains of a Roman insula, with more than four stores visible from the street.

This correlates with other known emotional roles of the insula.

The insula is an area active in registering body discomfort.

Other sources see the insula as a part of the temporal lobe.

"He fell for me as hard as an insula coming down in an earthquake."

The insula has increasingly become the focus of attention for its role in body representation and subjective emotional experience.

Damage to the insula is associated with slight impairment of some social function.

The activity of the insula in so many areas is something of a puzzle.

The name comes from the Latin insula for "island".