Cerebellar asymmetry in a pair of monozygotic handedness-discordant twins

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Rosch, Richard Ewald ^a   Ronan, Lisa ^b   Cherkas, Lynn ^c   Gurd, Jennifer Mary ^d  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cerebellar lobule V; Cerebellar lobule VII; Cerebellum; Lateralization; Left handedness; Torque; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77954138118     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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