Microstructural Asymmetries of the Cerebral Cortex in Humans and Other Mammals

Natalie M. Schenker; Chet C. Sherwood; Patrick R. Hof; Katerina Semendeferi

doi:10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05004-X

Microstructural Asymmetries of the Cerebral Cortex in Humans and Other Mammals

Natalie M. Schenker
, Chet C. Sherwood
, Patrick R. Hof
, Katerina Semendeferi

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Abstract

The human brain shows marked gross anatomical and microstructural asymmetries that are presumably related to lateralized motor and cognitive functions. This chapter generally summarizes the extant data on gross morphological asymmetries in human and nonhuman mammal brains. In addition, the evidence of microstructural asymmetries, such as gray-level index, minicolumn width, and cellular organization, are presented. Although there are few studies of microstructrual asymmetries in nonhuman primates, it is argued that such studies are important for validating morphological asymmetries as well as for understanding the cellular basis for hemispheric specialization in primates, including humans.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	92-118
Number of pages	27
Journal	Special Topics in Primatology
Volume	5
Issue number	C
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1936-8526(07)05004-X
State	Published - 2007

Keywords

Microstructural asymmetry
cytoarchitectonics
histological asymmetry
minicolumn asymmetry
primate brain evolution
primates

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