Cross-hemispheric communication: Insights on lateralized brain functions

S Ocklenburg, ZV Guo - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
On the surface, the two hemispheres of vertebrate brains look almost perfectly symmetrical,
but several motor, sensory, and cognitive systems show a deeply lateralized organization …

Hemispheric asymmetries in the amygdala: A comparative primer

S Ocklenburg, J Peterburs, A Mundorf - Progress in Neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The amygdala is a core structure in the neuronal network underlying emotion processing in
the vertebrate brain. Its structure and function have been extensively studied in both …

Activation of MAP2K signaling by genetic engineering or HF-rTMS promotes corticospinal axon sprouting and functional regeneration

F Boato, X Guan, Y Zhu, Y Ryu, M Voutounou… - Science Translational …, 2023 - science.org
Facilitating axon regeneration in the injured central nervous system remains a challenging
task. RAF-MAP2K signaling plays a key role in axon elongation during nervous system …

Acute and chronic stress alter behavioral laterality in dogs

Y Salgirli Demirbas, S Isparta, B Saral… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Dogs are one of the key animal species in investigating the biological mechanisms of
behavioral laterality. Cerebral asymmetries are assumed to be influenced by stress, but this …

Hemispheric asymmetries in mental disorders: evidence from rodent studies

A Mundorf, S Ocklenburg - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2023 - Springer
The brain is built with hemispheric asymmetries in structure and function to enable fast
neuronal processing. In neuroimaging studies, several mental disorders have been …

Regulating the electronic configuration of spinel zinc manganate derived from metal–organic frameworks: controlled synthesis and application in anode materials for …

W Du, J Liu, A Zeb, X Lin - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent years, transition metal oxides have been considered as the most promising anode
materials due to their high theoretical capacity, low price, and abundant natural reserves …

Limb preference in animals: new insights into the evolution of manual laterality in hominids

G Boulinguez-Ambroise, J Aychet, E Pouydebat - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
Until the 1990s, the notion of brain lateralization—the division of labor between the two
hemispheres—and its more visible behavioral manifestation, handedness, remained fiercely …

The universe is asymmetric, the mouse brain too

A Rivera-Olvera, DJ Houwing, J Ellegood, S Masifi… - Molecular …, 2024 - nature.com
Hemispheric brain asymmetry is a basic organizational principle of the human brain and has
been implicated in various psychiatric conditions, including autism spectrum disorder. Brain …

Hemispheric Asymmetry of Intracortical Myelin Orientation in the Mouse Auditory Cortex

P Ruthig, GF Müller, M Fink, N Scherf… - European Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Communication sound processing in mouse AC is lateralized. Both left and right AC are
highly specialised and differ in auditory stimulus representation, functional connectivity and …

Hemispheric asymmetries and brain size in mammals

S Ocklenburg, Y El Basbasse, F Ströckens… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Hemispheric asymmetries differ considerably across species, but the neurophysiological
base of this variation is unclear. It has been suggested that hemispheric asymmetries …