Biochemical asymmetry of the brain: myth or reality?
Klementév, B.I.; Vartanian, G.A.
Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Meditsinskikh Nauk 1994(1): 27-28
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-6047 PMID: 7510162 Document Number: 434392
Unilateral brain damage results in the appearance of oligopeptide factor of complete asymmetry (CAF) producing a lateralized effect on spinal centers during intracisternal administration. The action vector of CAF is determined by the side of brain damage. The right- and left-sided CAF differ in chemical structure. Their CAFs are species-unspecific. The findings suggest that there is a chemical labeling of the right and left brain in the mammals (including man). From this point of view, fundamental and medical aspects of biochemical brain asymmetry are analyzed.