Volumetric assessment of cerebral asymmetries in dogs

Laterality. 2011 Sep;16(5):528-36. doi: 10.1080/1357650X.2010.490838. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Abstract

In the present study we quantified volumetric brain asymmetries from computed tomography (CT) scans in 12 healthy dogs, using a semi-automated technique for assessing in vivo structure asymmetry. Volumetric assessment of asymmetrical cerebral lateral ventricle (ALV) was also investigated. Our results showed that seven dogs exhibited a right hemisphere significantly greater than the left, two dogs had a left-greater-than-right hemisphere asymmetry, and finally two dogs displayed no significant brain volumetric asymmetry. This right-biased hemispheric asymmetry supports data reported previously using post-mortem morphological studies in both dogs and other mammalian species.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Canidae / anatomy & histology*
  • Canidae / physiology
  • Cerebrum / anatomy & histology*
  • Cerebrum / diagnostic imaging
  • Cerebrum / physiology
  • Dogs
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology*
  • Female
  • Functional Laterality / physiology*
  • Male
  • Radiography