Hemispheric differences in variability of fissural patterns in parasylvian and cingulate regions of human brains

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-242

  Ide, Andrés ^a   Dolezal, Carlos ^a   Fernández, Mauricio ^a   Labbé, Eduardo ^a   Mandujano, Rodrigo ^a   Montes, Soledad ^a   Segura, Paola ^a   Verschae, Gregorio ^a   Yarmuch, Paula ^a   Aboitiz, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; Broca's area; Language; Parietal lobe; Planum temporale; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINGUISTICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033606843     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990726)410:2<235::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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