Hemispheric asymmetries of cortical volume in the human brain. Cortex 2013 Jan;49(1):200-10
Date
12/20/2011Pubmed ID
22176871DOI
10.1016/j.cortex.2011.11.002Scopus ID
2-s2.0-84872165397 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 62 CitationsAbstract
Hemispheric asymmetry represents a cardinal feature of cerebral organization, but the nature of structural and functional differences between the hemispheres is far from fully understood. Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging morphometry, we identified several volumetric differences between the two hemispheres of the human brain. Heteromodal inferoparietal and lateral prefrontal cortices are more extensive in the right than left hemisphere, as is visual cortex. Heteromodal mesial and orbital prefrontal and cingulate cortices are more extensive in the left than right hemisphere, as are somatosensory, parts of motor, and auditory cortices. Thus, heteromodal association cortices are more extensively represented on the lateral aspect of the right than in the left hemisphere, and modality-specific cortices are more extensively represented on the lateral aspect of the left than in the right hemisphere. On the mesial aspect heteromodal association cortices are more extensively represented in the left than right hemisphere.
Author List
Goldberg E, Roediger D, Kucukboyaci NE, Carlson C, Devinsky O, Kuzniecky R, Halgren E, Thesen TAuthor
Chad Carlson MD Professor in the Neurology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultBrain
Brain Mapping
Female
Functional Laterality
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Organ Size
