Abstract
The relations of the grasp-reflex strengths from right (R) and left (L) hands to human growth hormone (hGH) levels were studied in human neonates within the first day after birth. In right-handed (RH) males without familial sinistrality (-FS), grasp reflex from right and left hands directly correlated with hGH. In RH, -FS females, grasp reflex from right and left hands inversely correlated with hGH. In -FS, LH males, grasp reflex from right and left inversely correlated with hGH (no significant correlations in LH, -FS females). The R-L grasp reflex decreased linearly with hGH, only in RH, -FS males. These results indicated that hGH may affect cerebral development according to genetically predetermined neural patterns in utero.
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