Table 1.

Volumes of the subnuclear components of the BFC in mm_. Asymmetry index according to Eidelberg and Galaburda (20). A minus sign indicates a predominant rightsided volume of a nuclear complex in the BFC.

Nucleus	Side			Asymmetry index
	Left mm3	Side Right mm3	Total mm3
Ayala medial	0.52	0.57	1.09	-0.023
Ayala lateral	0.25	0.37	0.62	-0.097
Pericommisural	0.10	0.36	0.46	-0.283
Ch2*	3.9	2.27	6.17	0.132
Ch3†	17.27	14.86	32.13	0.038
Ch4am_al‡	17.91	23.22	41.13	-0.129
Ch4i§	4.45	3.92	8.37	0.032
Ch4p||	3.65	5.44	9.09	0.099
Total	48.05	51.01	99.06	-0.015

^*nucleus of the vertical limb of the diagonal band of Broca;

^†nucleus of the horizontal limb of the diagonal band of Broca;

^‡anteromedial-anterolateral parts of the nucleus basalis of Meynert;

^§intermediate part of the nucleus basalis of Meynert pars intermedia;

^||posterior part of the nucleus basalis of Meynert.