St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center (PHOENIX, AZ) -- A scientist at Barrow Neurological Institute is leading the global discussion and research on a hidden lobe of the brain called the insula.

The first difference between carriers and non-carriers was in the insula, at 15 to 10 years prior to estimated onset. In roughly five-year steps, the temporal lobe began to atrophy, then the frontal ...

PHOENIX, July 8 (UPI) -- A scientist at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix says he wants to shed light on a lobe of the brain long hidden from researchers' view. A.D. Craig, who began ...

Also known as the insular cortex and the Island of Reil (named for German physician Johann Cristian Reil who discovered it in 1809), the insula is now acknowledged to be a separate lobe. However, this ...