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claustrum

claustrum The claustrum is a thin sheet of gray matter beneath the neocortex, positioned between the putamen and the insular cortex.

The claustrum is a thin sheet of gray matter beneath the neocortex, positioned between the putamen and the insular cortex. It is regarded as part of the basal ganglia and has widespread connections with much of the cortex and several subcortical structures.