Publication Date:
1993-07-30
Description:
A hemispheric asymmetry in the functional activation of the human motor cortex during contralateral (C) and ipsilateral (I) finger movements, especially in right-handed subjects, was documented with nuclear magnetic resonance imaging at high field strength (4 tesla). Whereas the right motor cortex was activated mostly during contralateral finger movements in both right-handed (C/I mean area of activation = 36.8) and left-handed (C/I = 29.9) subjects, the left motor cortex was activated substantially during ipsilateral movements in left-handed subjects (C/I = 5.4) and even more so in right-handed subjects (C/I = 1.3).〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kim, S G -- Ashe, J -- Hendrich, K -- Ellermann, J M -- Merkle, H -- Ugurbil, K -- Georgopoulos, A P -- HL32427/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- HL33600/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/ -- RR08079/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1993 Jul 30;261(5121):615-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8342027" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
*Brain Mapping
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Female
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*Functional Laterality
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Humans
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*Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Motor Cortex/anatomy & histology/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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