Genetic architecture of EEG power spectra in early life

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 502-514

  Van Baal, G C M ^a   De Geus, E J C ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Electroencephalogram; Heritability; Power spectra; Twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030176260     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)95601-1     Document Type: Article

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