Long distance communication in the human brain: Timing constraints for inter-hemispheric synchrony and the origin of brain lateralization

Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-99

  Aboitiz, Francisco ^a   López, Javier ^a   Montiel, Juan ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Axon; Brain lateralization; Corpus callosum; Inter hemispheric transfer; Synchrony; Vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037565055     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602003000100007     Document Type: Article

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