Yakovlevian torque

The Yakovlevian torque in the cerebrum (exaggerated). Redrawn from Toga & Thompson. Mapping brain asymmetry. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 4, 37–48 (2003). DOI 10.1038/nrn1009.

Yakovlevian torque (also known as Occipital bending (OB)[1])is the tendency of the right side of the human brain to be warped slightly forward relative to the left and the left side of the human brain to be warped slightly backward relative to the right. This is responsible for certain asymmetries, such as how the lateral sulcus of the human brain is often longer and less curved on the left side of the brain relative to the right. It is named for Paul Ivan Yakovlev (1894–1983), a Russian-American neuroanatomist from Harvard Medical School.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Occipital bending (Yakovlevian torque) in bipolar depression". Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging. 231 (1): 8–14. 2015-01-30. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.11.008. ISSN 0925-4927.
  2. ↑ Toga, A.W.; Thompson, P.M. (2003). "Mapping brain asymmetry". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 4 (1): 37–48. doi:10.1038/nrn1009.
  3. ↑ Carter, Rita, The Human Brain Book, p. 57, ISBN 978-0-7566-5441-2, Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2009
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