Handedness, language areas and neuropsychiatric diseases: insights from brain imaging and genetics

This study has identified in the general population genome-wide significant loci for human handedness in, and expression quantitative trait loci of, genes associated with brain development, microtubules and patterning. We suggest that these genetic variants contribute to neurodevelopmental la teralization of brain organization, which in turn influences both the handedness phenotype and the predisposition to develop certain neurological and psychiatric diseases.
Source: Brain - Category: Neurology Source Type: research