Although the human body appears superficially symmetrical with regard to the left–right (LR)
axis, most visceral organs are asymmetric in terms of their size, shape, or position. Such …

The mechanisms that establish behavioral, cognitive, and neuroanatomical asymmetries are
poorly understood. In this study, we analyze the events that regulate development of …

Left–right asymmetry is a phenomenon that has a broad appeal—to anatomists,
developmental biologists and evolutionary biologists—because it is a morphological feature …

The recent paper in PNAS by Johnston et al.(1),“Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously
emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution,” is focused on how symmetry and …

Little is understood about the genetic or epigenetic mechanisms that underlie brain
asymmetry. Because higher cognitive functions such as language, constructional and spatial …

Asymmetries in CNS neuroanatomy are assumed to underlie the widespread cognitive and
behavioral asymmetries in vertebrates. Studies in humans have shown that the laterality of …

Cerebral Lateralization in Nonhuman Species explores brain asymmetries in animals and
the extent to which such asymmetries relate, in an evolutionary and clinical sense, to the …

As in many fishes, amphibians and reptiles, the epithalamus of the zebrafish, Danio rerio,
develops with pronounced left–right (L–R) asymmetry. For example, in more than 95 per …

For centuries, scientists and physicians have been captivated by the consistent left-right (LR)
asymmetry of the heart, viscera, and brain. A recent study implicated tubulin proteins in …

In recent years, it has become apparent that behavioural and brain lateralization at the
population level is the rule rather than the exception among vertebrates. The study of these …