title: Auditory middle latency responses differ in right- and left-handed subjects: an evaluation through topographic brain mapping.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the association of handedness with auditory middle latency responses (AMLRs) using topographic brain mapping by comparing amplitudes and latencies in frontocentral and hemispheric regions of interest (ROIs).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 44 healthy subjects with normal hearing (22 left handed and 22 right handed). AMLRs were recorded from 29 scalp electrodes in response to binaural 4-kHz tone bursts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Frontocentral ROI comparisons revealed that Pa and Pb amplitudes were significantly larger in the left-handed than the right-handed group. Topographic brain maps showed different distributions in AMLR components between the two groups. In hemispheric comparisons, Pa amplitude differed significantly across groups. A left-hemisphere emphasis of Pa was found in the right-handed group but not in the left-handed group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study provides evidence that handedness is associated with AMLR components in frontocentral and hemispheric ROI. Handedness should be considered an essential factor in the clinical or experimental use of AMLRs.
authors.forename: Mehrnaz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohebbi
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahmoudian
authors.forename: Marzieh Sharifian
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alborzi
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Najafi-Koopaie
authors.forename: Ehsan Darestani
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Farahani
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farhadi
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult