Interhemispheric gene expression differences in the cerebral cortex of humans and macaque monkeys.
Brain Struct Funct
; 222(7): 3241-3254, 2017 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-28317062
ABSTRACT
Handedness and language are two well-studied examples of asymmetrical brain function in humans. Approximately 90% of humans exhibit a right-hand preference, and the vast majority shows left-hemisphere dominance for language function. Although genetic models of human handedness and language have been proposed, the actual gene expression differences between cerebral hemispheres in humans remain to be fully defined. In the present study, gene expression profiles were examined in both hemispheres of three cortical regions involved in handedness and language in humans and their homologues in rhesus macaques ventrolateral prefrontal cortex, posterior superior temporal cortex (STC), and primary motor cortex. Although the overall pattern of gene expression was very similar between hemispheres in both humans and macaques, weighted gene correlation network analysis revealed gene co-expression modules associated with hemisphere, which are different among the three cortical regions examined. Notably, a receptor-enriched gene module in STC was particularly associated with hemisphere and showed different expression levels between hemispheres only in humans.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Gene Expression
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Cerebral Cortex
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Cerebrum
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Brain Struct Funct
Journal subject:
CEREBRO
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States