ASYMMETRY OF THE PLANUM PARIETALE

Citation
L. Jancke et al., ASYMMETRY OF THE PLANUM PARIETALE, NeuroReport, 5(9), 1994, pp. 1161-1163
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
09594965
Volume
5
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1161 - 1163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-4965(1994)5:9<1161:AOTPP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
USING in vivo magnetic resonance morphometry we measured the posterior wall of the left and right posterior ascending portion of the Sylvian fissure, an inferior parietal area of the brain that we have termed t he planum parietale. Among 106 right-handers (53 women and 53 men) and 35 left-handers (18 women and 17 men), handedness and gender exerted an interactive influence on planum parietale asymmetry; right-handed m en and left-handed women showed particularly strong rightward asymmetr y. There was no correlation between asymmetry of the planum parietale and that of the anatomically adjacent planum temporale, suggesting an independency of these two structural markers of brain laterality.