Cortical surface area and cortical thickness demonstrate differential structural asymmetry in auditory-related areas of the human cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2541-2552

  Meyer, Martin ^a   Liem, Franziskus ^a   Hirsiger, Sarah ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a   Hänggi, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Auditory related cortex; Cortical surface area; Cortical thickness; Hemispheric asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY AUDITORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SURFACE AREA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920754520     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht094     Document Type: Article

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