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posterior insula connects reciprocally with the secondary somatosensory cortex and receives input from spinothalamically activated ventral posterior lateral thalamic nuclei. It has also been shown that this region receives inputs from the ventromedial nucleus (posterior part) of the thalamus that are highly specialized to convey homeostatic information such as pain, temperature, itch, local oxygen

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