A case of callosal agenesis with strong anatomical and functional asymmetries

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1389-1394

  Jancke L ^a   Wunderlich, G ^b   Schlaug, G ^b,c   Steinmetz, H ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Callosal agenesis; Cerebral asymmetry; Corpus callosum; Laterality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPMENT; DICHOTIC LISTENING; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STEREOGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0343924641     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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