Bifurcation patterns in the human sylvian fissure: hemispheric and sex differences.

doi:10.1093/cercor/6.5.717

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Bifurcation patterns in the human sylvian fissure: hemispheric and sex differences.

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) - 1 Jan 2000

Ide A, Rodríguez E, Zaidel E, Aboitiz F

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The sylvian fissure bifurcates posteriorly into ascending and descending rami. The diversity in the specific arrangement of these rami and in the length of a more anterior segment of the fissure, between the bifurcation point and Heschl's gyrus (segment H-B), was analyzed qualitatively and quanti...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cerebral Aqueduct
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sex Characteristics

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