How does the corpus callosum mediate interhemispheric transfer? A review

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 211-221

  van der Knaap, Lisette J ^a   van der Ham, Ineke J M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corpus callosum; Interhemispheric transfer; Lateralization; Morphology; Split brain

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALIEN HAND SYNDROME; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CALLOSOTOMY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; CEREBRUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 79957989550     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.018     Document Type: Review

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