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Large-Scale Phenomic and Genomic Analysis of Brain Asymmetrical Skew.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 29 Jul 2021
Kong Xiang-Zhen, Postema Merel, Schijven Dick, Castillo Amaia Carrión, Pepe Antonietta, Crivello Fabrice, Joliot Marc, Mazoyer Bernard, Fisher Simon E, Francks Clyde
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The human cerebral hemispheres show a left-right asymmetrical torque pattern, which has been claimed to be absent in chimpanzees. The functional significance and developmental mechanisms are unknown. Here, we carried out the largest-ever analysis of global brain shape asymmetry in magnetic resonance imaging data. Three population datasets were used, UK Biobank (N = 39 678), Human Connectome Project (N = 1113),...
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