Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Brain: Cerebral Hemispheres

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System: Brain

Cerebral Hemispheres

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

The cerebral hemispheres may be asymmetric. The brain may be incompletely or imperfectly divided into two hemispheres. Cerebral heterotopia may result in abnormal functions.

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References

Bruce, A. (1890) On the absence of the corpus callosum in the human brain with a description of a new case. Brain 12:171-190.

Luys, -. (1880) Circonvolutions cerebrales supplementaires. Ann. Medico-Psychologiques 65(4):287288.

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