Cerebral Lateralization: Biological Mechanisms, Associations, and Pathology: III. A Hypothesis and a Program for Research

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 634-654

  Geschwind, Norman ^a,b   Galaburda, Albert M ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEMENTIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFECTION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMENTIA; DNA; EPILEPSY; HOOF AND CLAW; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGIC DISEASES; INFECTION; LATERALITY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEPHROPIDAE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0022254024     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1985.04060070024012     Document Type: Article

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