PCSK6 VNTR Polymorphism Is Associated with Degree of Handedness but Not Direction of Handedness

Larissa Arning, Sebastian Ocklenburg, Stefanie Schulz, Vanessa Ness, Wanda M Gerding, Jan G Hengstler, Michael Falkenstein, Jörg T Epplen, Onur Güntürkün and Christian Beste

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-5

Abstract: Although the left and right human cerebral hemispheres differ both functionally and anatomically, the mechanisms that underlie the establishment of these hemispheric specializations, as well as their physiological and behavioral implications, remain largely unknown. Since cerebral asymmetry is strongly correlated with handedness, and handedness is assumed to be influenced by a number of genetic and environmental factors, we performed an association study of LRRTM1 rs6733871 and a number of polymorphisms in PCSK6 and different aspects of handedness assessed with the Edinburgh handedness inventory in a sample of unrelated healthy adults (n = 1113). An intronic 33bp variable-number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in PCSK6 (rs10523972) shows a significant association (significance threshold: p

Date: 2013
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