Article
PCSK6 VNTR Polymorphism Is Associated with Degree of Handedness but Not Direction of Handedness.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Arning Larissa, Ocklenburg Sebastian, Schulz Stefanie, Ness Vanessa, Gerding Wanda M, Hengstler Jan G, Falkenstein Michael, Epplen Jörg T, Güntürkün Onur, Beste Christian
Abstract excerpt
Although the left and right human cerebral hemispheres differ both functionally and anatomically, the mechanisms that underlie the establishment of these hemispheric specializations, as well as their physiological and behavioral implications, remain largely unknown. Since cerebral asymmetry is strongly correlated with handedness, and handedness is assumed to be influenced by a number of genetic and environmental...
Topics
- Adult
- Analysis of Variance
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Genotyping Techniques
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Proteins
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Proprotein Convertases
- Serine Endopeptidases