Functional Laterality - Genetics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Complement factor H and the bilaterality of age-related macular degeneration.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether complement factor H (CFH Y402H) genotype influences bilateral involvement of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) lesions. METHODS: The Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) followed up 3654 participants 49 years and ... Read more...

Dopaminergic haplotype as a predictor of spatial inattention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

29 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: A distinct pattern of selective attention deficits in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been difficult to identify. Heterogeneity may reflect differences in underlying genetics. OBJECTIVE: To document an objective deficit ... Read more...

Hippocampal-dependent spatial memory functions might be lateralized in rats: An approach combining gene expression profiling and reversible inactivation.

30 Aug 2009 The hippocampus is involved in spatial memory processes, as established in a variety of species such as birds and mammals including humans. In humans, some hippocampal-dependent memory functions may be lateralized, the right hippocampus being ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Functional Laterality - Genetics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Complement factor H and the bilaterality of age-related macular degeneration. 29 Sep 2009
• Dopaminergic haplotype as a predictor of spatial inattention in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Hippocampal-dependent spatial memory functions might be lateralized in rats: An approach combining gene expression profiling and reversible inactivation. 30 Aug 2009
• SLC25A19 mutation as a cause of neuropathy and bilateral striatal necrosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Heritability of intracortical inhibition and facilitation. 13 Jul 2009
• Animal asymmetry. 21 Jun 2009
• Impact of the tryptophan hydroxylase 1 gene A218C polymorphism on amygdala activity in response to affective facial stimuli in patients with major depressive disorder. 2 Jun 2009
• Functional and evolutionary insights into human brain development through global transcriptome analysis. 26 May 2009
• In mice lacking V2a interneurons, gait depends on speed of locomotion. 25 May 2009
• Unidirectional startle responses and disrupted left-right co-ordination of motor behaviors in robo3 mutant zebrafish. 18 May 2009
• Frontal-limbic white matter pathway associations with the serotonin transporter gene promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism. 11 May 2009
• The genetic control of neocortex volume and covariation with neocortical gene expression in mice. 7 May 2009
• Determining the function of zebrafish epithalamic asymmetry. 10 Apr 2009
• The evolution and genetics of cerebral asymmetry. 10 Apr 2009
• The habenular nuclei: a conserved asymmetric relay station in the vertebrate brain. 10 Apr 2009
• Zebrafish and medaka: model organisms for a comparative developmental approach of brain asymmetry. 10 Apr 2009
• Mechanisms and functions of brain and behavioural asymmetries. 10 Apr 2009
• Why are some people left-handed? An evolutionary perspective. 10 Apr 2009
• Genetic and environmental influences on frontal EEG asymmetry and alpha power in 9-10-year-old twins. 4 Apr 2009
• Effects of the Val158Met catechol-O-methyltransferase polymorphism on cortical structure in children and adolescents. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Functional Laterality'

Definition: Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior functioning of either the left or the right side, as in the preferred use of the right hand or right foot.

Descriptor UI: D007839

Alternative terms: Functional Laterality; Laterality, Functional; Behavioral Laterality; Laterality, Behavioral; Laterality of Motor Control; Motor Control Laterality; Handedness; Mirror Writing; Mirror Writings; Writing, Mirror; Writings, Mirror; Ambidexterity;

Related Mesh Headings: Split-Brain Procedure;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; genetics;

Tree Number: F02.830.297.425; G11.561.225.425;

History Note: 2007(1966); for MIRROR WRITING use DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL 1976-2006 & HANDWRITING 1963-1975

Technical Notes: restrict to neurological & psychological sense; sidedness or laterality of disease, index the disease with /pathol or /physiopathol; for unilateral or bilateral surgery, index the surgical technique with /methods if pertinent