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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-15
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebral asymmetry can be considered along two continua-one based on direction (i.e., left or right) and another based on magnitude (i.e., symmetrical or asymmetrical). The possibility exists that these continua operate independently (Collins, 1981). To examine this possibility, the brains of 21 New Zealand Black (NZB) mice with molecular layer neuronal ectopias and 19 NZB mice without ectopias were studied. In NZB mice without ectopias, the magnitude of cerebral cortical asymmetry was negatively correlated to total cerebral cortical volume, a finding previously reported in both humans (Galaburda, Corsiglia, Rosen and Sherman, 1987) and rats (Galaburda, Aboitiz, Rosen and Sherman, 1986). NZB mice with ectopias showed no such relationship. However, both groups of mice had a consistent rightward bias in the direction of neocortical asymmetry, replicating previous results in rodents (Diamond, Johnson and Ingham, 1975; Diamond, Dowling and Johnson, 1981; Kolb, Sutherland, Nonneman and Whishaw, 1982; Ward and Collins, 1985). This suggests that the mechanisms underlying the magnitude of cerebral cortical asymmetry differ from those underlying the direction of this asymmetry.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0020-7454
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of developmental neuropathology on neocortical asymmetry in New Zealand black mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Dyslexia Research Laboratory, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't