Structure, function and cerebral asymmetry: In vivo morphometry of the planum temporale

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-591

  Steinmetz, Helmuth ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Brain anatomy; Cerebral dominance; Handedness; Laterality; Magnetic resonance imaging; Temporal lobe; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSICIAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TWIN DISCORDANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030299840     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00071-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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