Hand preference and magnetic resonance imaging asymmetries of the central sulcus

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Foundas, Anne L ^a,b   Hong, Kim ^c   Leonard, Christiana M ^c   Heilman, Kenneth M ^c,d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sulcus; Handedness; Human asymmetries; Morphometry; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SKILL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031805268     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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