Cortex
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 652-658 , 2006

Left-Right Asymmetry in Volume and Number of Neurons in Adult Broca's Area

  • Harry B.M. Uylings

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Anatomy, VU University Medical Center, Graduate School Neurosciences Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationHarry B.M. Uylings, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • ,
  • Annelise M. Jacobsen

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Karl Zilles

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
    • C. and O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research, University of Düsseldorf, Germany
    • ,
  • Katrin Amunts

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70401-5

Cortex
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