Structural asymmetries in the human forebrain and the forebrain of non- human primates and rats

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-605

  Zilles, Karl ^a   Dabringhaus, Andreas ^a   Geyer, Stefan ^a   Amunts, Katrin ^a   Qü, Meishu ^a   Schleicher, Axel ^a   Gilissen, Emmanuel ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a   Steinmetz, Helmut ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Central sulcus; Hemispheric shape; Hemispheric volume; Homo; Motor cortex; Non human Primate; Rat; Transmitter receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030468978     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(95)00072-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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