Comparative studies on brain asymmetry date back to the 19th century but then largely
disappeared due to the assumption that lateralization is uniquely human. Since the …

The brains of humans and other animals are asymmetrically organized, but we still know
little about the ontogenetic and neural fundaments of lateralizations. Here, we review the …

The second edition of The Lateralized Brain provides for readers a volume detailing the
functional and structural differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain …

Monocilia have been proposed to establish the left-right (LR) body axis in vertebrate
embryos by creating a directional fluid flow that triggers asymmetric gene expression. In …

▪ Abstract TGFß signals belonging to the Nodal family set up the embryonic axes, induce
mesoderm and endoderm, pattern the nervous system, and determine left-right asymmetry in …

Although the left and right hemispheres of our brains develop with a high degree of
symmetry at both the anatomical and functional levels, it has become clear that subtle …

Embryonic morphogenesis occurs along three orthogonal axes. While the patterning of the
anterior–posterior and dorsal–ventral axes has been increasingly well characterized, the left …

The basic vertebrate body plan of the zebrafish embryo is established in the first 10 hours of
development. This period is characterized by the formation of the anterior-posterior and …

The dorsal diencephalon, or epithalamus, contains the bilaterally paired habenular nuclei
and the pineal complex. The habenulae form part of the dorsal diencephalic conduction …

We have identified and characterized a new zebrafish gene, southpaw, that is required for
visceral and diencephalic left-right asymmetry. southpaw encodes a new member of the …