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ERIC Number: EJ732149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006-Apr
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-934X
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The Association of Macro- and Microstructure of the Corpus Callosum and Language Lateralisation
Westerhausen, Rene; Kreuder, Frank; Sequeira, Sarah Dos Santos; Walter, Christof; Woerner, Wolfgang; Wittling, Ralf Arne; Schweiger, Elisabeth; Wittling, Werner
Brain and Language, v97 n1 p80-90 Apr 2006
The present study aimed to examine how differences in functional lateralisation of language are related to interindividual variations in interhemispheric connectivity. Utilising an fMRI silent word-generation paradigm, 89 left- and right-handed subjects were subdivided into four lateralisation subgroups. Applying morphological and diffusion-tensor MRI, midsagittal cross-sectional area as well as quantitative measures of molecular diffusion (anisotropy, mean diffusion) of the corpus callosum were determined to assess interhemispheric connectivity. Statistical analyses revealed group differences in molecular diffusion but not in callosal size, which may be interpreted to reflect a stronger and/or faster interhemispheric connection in strongly left-lateralised subjects as compared to moderately left-lateralised, bilateral, or moderately right-lateralised subjects.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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