Brain asymmetries in situs inversus. A case report and review of the literature.

摘要: It is well known that the brain an asymmetric organ and direction of asymmetries in humans consistent throughout most population. Most individuals are right-handed with left hemisphere dominance for speech, postmortem 1 radiologic 2 studies have suggested anatomic basis such asymmetries. A number theories been proposed recent years to explain biologic origin why certain deviate from expected pattern. 3-8 The relationship postulated between other found human body a major point difference among these theories. Corballis Morgan both visceral result single embryologic leftright gradient developing oocyte. 3,4 In contrast, Annett 5 has internal organs inherited independently. These