Cerebral mirror-imaging in a monozygotic twin

Lancet. 1999 Oct 23;354(9188):1445-6. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)04130-6.

Abstract

A healthy monozygotic twin of discordant handedness was scanned with functional magnetic resonance imaging during a language and a mental rotation task. Mirror-imaging was found for both cerebral functions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Brain Mapping*
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Twins, Monozygotic*