Cerebral Asymmetries /

Cerebral Asymmetries, Volume 208 summarizes research on cerebral hemispheric asymmetries and their implication for consciousness cognition, language emotion, behavior movement, and neurological disease.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Papagno, Costanza (Author), Corballis, Paul (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier B.V., [2025]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Handbook of clinical neurology ; Volume 208.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Cerebral Asymmetries
  • Copyright
  • In Memoriam
  • Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Cerebral asymmetry: Historical introduction
  • Before Broca
  • Broca and the Cancel Culture
  • The Golden Age of Cortical Localization
  • Antilocalizationist Tendencies in Neurology and Psychology
  • Lashley and the Coalescence Between Neurology and Psychology
  • Donald Hebb and Brenda Milner
  • Roger Sperry, the Riddle of the Corpus Callosum and the Split Brain
  • References
  • Section I: Anatomic asymmetries
  • Chapter 2: Asymmetries in the human brain
  • Introduction
  • Asymmetries From the Cortex to Receptors
  • Connectional Anatomy
  • Connectional Asymmetries
  • Connectional variability
  • Commissural pathways
  • Corpus callosum
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Anterior commissure
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Association pathways
  • Inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Uncinate fasciculus
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Inferior longitudinal fasciculus
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Superior longitudinal fasciculi (SLF I-III)
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Medial occipital longitudinal tract
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Middle longitudinal fasciculus
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Arcuate fasciculus (frontotemporal)
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Cingulum
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Vertical systems
  • Frontal aslant tract
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Vertical occipital fasciculus
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Projection pathways
  • Fornix.
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Cortico-spinal tract
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Optic radiation
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Thalamic radiations
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Accumbofrontal tract
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Fronto-striatal projections
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Fronto-pontine tract
  • U-shaped tracts
  • Short frontal tracts
  • Fronto-insular tracts (FIT 1-5)
  • Anatomical asymmetry
  • Interindividual variability
  • Frontal longitudinal system (superior and inferior)
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Fronto-orbito-polar and marginal tract (FOP, FMT)
  • Occipital U-shaped tracts
  • Parietal U-shaped tracts
  • Fronto-parietal U-shaped tracts
  • Anatomical asymmetry and interindividual variability
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Latent dimensions of brain asymmetry
  • Introduction
  • Dimensions of Functional Lateralization
  • Handedness
  • Language lateralization
  • Functional laterality beyond handedness and language
  • Network analysis of functional laterality
  • Dimensions of Structural Asymmetry
  • Brain torque
  • Global asymmetries beyond brain torque
  • Network analysis of structural asymmetry
  • Dimensional Associations Between Functional Laterality and Structural Asymmetry
  • Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
  • References
  • Chapter 4: The relationship between brain and visceral asymmetry: Evidence from situs inversus in humans
  • Introduction
  • Visceral Asymmetry
  • Phenotypes of visceral asymmetry
  • Situs inversus
  • Heterotaxy
  • Cause of visceral situs anomalies
  • Ontogenesis of visceral asymmetry
  • Motile cilia at the primitive node.
  • Propagation of the signal to the lateral plate mesoderm and organ primordia
  • Brain Asymmetry
  • Left-right asymmetry of the neurocognitive system
  • Phenotypes of brain functional organization
  • Reversed typical functional segregation
  • Atypical functional segregation
  • Ontogenesis of brain asymmetry
  • Neurulation
  • Asymmetric development of the central nervous system
  • Are asymmetries of visceral and brain development related?
  • Atypical Brain Asymmetry in Human Visceral Situs Anomalies
  • Systematic review
  • Handedness in situs inversus
  • Brain functional asymmetry in situs inversus
  • Brain structural asymmetry in situs inversus
  • Discussion
  • References
  • Section II: Clinical
  • Chapter 5: Oncology: Brain asymmetries in language-relevant brain tumors
  • Incidence, Prevalence, and Prognosis of Brain Tumors
  • Types of brain tumors
  • Brain Tumors and Differences
  • Sex differences
  • Cognitive difference with left- and right-hemispheric tumors
  • Lobar differences
  • Techniques to Identify Tumors Affecting the Language System
  • Noninvasive structural and functional techniques
  • Invasive techniques
  • Language and Cognitive Profiles in Brain Tumor Patients
  • Gliomas
  • Meningiomas
  • Supplementary motor area syndrome and spontaneous speech
  • Anatomic and Functional Alterations
  • White matter dysfunctions and disconnections
  • Functional connectivity alterations due to tumor lesions
  • Cortical and Subcortical Areas: Functions and Tasks
  • Gliomas (awake surgery)
  • Meningiomas
  • Effect of Surgery on Language/Cognitive Functions
  • Glioma (awake procedure)
  • Meningioma (asleep procedure)
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Web References
  • Chapter 6: Cerebral asymmetries in schizophrenia
  • Introduction
  • Schizophrenia
  • Cerebral asymmetry in schizophrenia: An historical overview.
  • Structural and functional brain asymmetry in schizophrenia
  • Air encephalographic studies
  • CT scan studies
  • Postmortem studies
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies
  • Cortical areas
  • Subcortical structures
  • White matter
  • Electroencephalography (EEG) studies
  • Asymmetry of language structures and implications for symptoms
  • Historical framework
  • Recent supporting findings: Asymmetry and the genetic load
  • The importance of language: An evolutionary perspective
  • Disrupted asymmetry and symptoms
  • Recent supporting findings: Asymmetry and symptoms
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Hemispheric asymmetry in neurodegenerative diseases
  • Asymmetry in the AD Spectrum1
  • Asymmetry in the FTLD-ALS Spectrum
  • The semantic variants
  • Nonfluent/agrammatic variant of primary progressive aphasia
  • The behavioral variant
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy and cortico-basal syndrome
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Asymmetry in PD and Lewy Body Disease (LBD)
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Section III: Consciousness/attention
  • Chapter 8: Interhemispheric differences in visual attention
  • Introduction
  • Alerting
  • Orienting
  • Studies on brain-damaged patients
  • Hemispatial neglect
  • Unilateral extinction
  • Brain-imaging studies of attention networks
  • Cortical centers
  • Superior longitudinal fasciculus
  • Subcortical attention centers
  • Role of the left hemisphere in visuospatial attention
  • Effect of multitasking
  • Visuospatial bias in chronic left-hemisphere patients
  • The role of left and right angular gyrus in visuospatial attention and the Simon effect
  • Role of LH in visuospatial memory
  • Effects of unilateral cerebellar lesions
  • Effects of attention on interhemispheric transfer
  • Attention and category-specific cortical areas
  • Hemispheric differences in unconscious vs conscious attention.
  • Effects of emotion on hemispheric differences in visuospatial attention
  • Executive Functions
  • Conclusive Remarks
  • References
  • Chapter 9: Left- and right-side unilateral spatial neglect: Hemispheric differences
  • Introduction
  • Unilateral spatial neglect in humans
  • The history of neglect
  • Etiology of neglect
  • Rare types of neglect
  • The Lateralization of Neglect in Brain-Damaged Animals
  • The Lateralization of Neglect in Brain-Damaged Children
  • Neglect as a Multicomponent Syndrome
  • Defective manifestations
  • Sectors of space
  • External space
  • Internal space
  • Spatial reference systems
  • Input vs output neural systems
  • Extinction to double simultaneous stimulation
  • Sensory domains: Visual, tactile, auditory, and olfactory neglect
  • Domain specificity
  • Anosognosia
  • Productive manifestations
  • The Assessment of Spatial Neglect
  • Peri-personal/near extra-personal space
  • Personal space
  • Activities of daily living (ADL)
  • Test batteries
  • Information technology (IT)
  • Left vs Right Spatial Neglect
  • Overall frequency and severity
  • Behavioral similarities and differences between left-side and right-side neglect
  • Extra-personal neglect
  • Representational neglect
  • Input vs output neural systems
  • Reference frames
  • Contralateral extinction
  • Neglect dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia
  • Anosognosia and personal neglect
  • Somatoparaphrenia
  • Anatomo-Functional Correlates of Right and Left Spatial Neglect
  • Extra-personal neglect
  • Damage to the right cerebral hemisphere: Left neglect
  • Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere: Right neglect
  • Personal neglect
  • Damage to the right cerebral hemisphere: Left neglect
  • Damage to the left cerebral hemisphere: Right neglect
  • Interim conclusion
  • Damage to the cerebellum and the brainstem.