Brain size and shape in strongly and weakly lateralized mice.

Authors

R Ward
R L. Collins

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1985

Keywords

Brain: ah, hi, Comparative-Study, Corpus-Callosum: ab, ah, hi, Foot, Laterality: ph, Mice, Mice-Inbred-BALB-C, Organ-Weight, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S

First Page

243

Last Page

249

JAX Source

Brain-Res. 1985 Mar 4; 328(2):243-9.

Grant

GM23618

Abstract

Mice from two selected lines differing markedly in their degree of lateralization, and from a random-bred control line, were studied. The brains of strongly lateralized mice were found to be heavier, and those of weakly lateralized mice to be lighter, than those of control mice of equivalent body weight; the degree of cerebral asymmetry was found to be least in weakly lateralized mice; and the corpora callosa of both selected lines were smaller than those of control mice. These findings are tentatively interpreted in terms of the effects of different behavioral strategies on the development of the central nervous system.

Recommended Citation

Ward R, Collins RL. Brain size and shape in strongly and weakly lateralized mice. Brain-Res. 1985 Mar 4; 328(2):243-9.