Although the overall architecture of the nervous system of most animals shows a large
degree of bilateral symmetry, there are striking patterns of left–right (L–R) asymmetry in the …

Despite their gross morphological symmetry, animal nervous systems can perceive and
process information in a left/right asymmetric manner. How left/right asymmetric functional …

Background Nervous systems are largely bilaterally symmetric on a morphological level but
often display striking degrees of functional left/right (L/R) asymmetry. How L/R asymmetric …

Brain asymmetries are thought to increase neural processing capacity and to prevent
interhemispheric conflict. In order to develop asymmetrically, neurons must be specified …

Traditionally, only humans were thought to exhibit brain and behavioral asymmetries, but
several studies have revealed that most vertebrates are also lateralized. Recently, evidence …

Genetic and environmental factors control morphological and functional differences between
the two sides of the nervous system. Neural asymmetries are proposed to have important …

The mechanisms by which functional left/right asymmetry arises in morphologically
symmetric nervous systems are poorly understood. Here, we provide a mechanistic …

Anatomically and functionally defined neuron types are sometimes further classified into
individual subtypes based on unique functional or molecular properties. To better …

Left-Right (LR) asymmetry of the nervous system is widespread across animals and is
thought to be important for cognition and behaviour. But in contrast to visceral organ …

By the six‐cell stage, embryos of Caenorhabditis elegans are morphologically L–R
asymmetric with an invariant handedness that persists throughout development. We used …