Cortical and subcortical mapping of the human allostatic–interoceptive system using 7 Tesla fMRI

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 23 October 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02087-x

The brain is constantly monitoring the systems in the body. Here the authors use 7 Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging to map a large-scale brain system for body regulation in humans, including brainstem nuclei, and confirm many monosynaptic connections traced in nonhuman animals.