Neuroimaging study on brain asymmetries in situs inversus totalis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 288, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 72-78

  Ihara, Aya ^a   Hirata, Masayuki ^b,c   Fujimaki, Norio ^a,d   Goto, Tetsu ^b   Umekawa, Yuka ^c   Fujita, Norihiko ^c   Terazono, Yasushi ^e   Matani, Ayumu ^a,e   Wei, Qiang ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b   Yorifuji, Shiro ^c   Murata, Tsutomu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Asymmetry; Brain; Function; Language; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetoencephalography; Situs inversus totalis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SITUS INVERSUS;

EID: 71049154446     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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