Computerized EEG topography of normal preadolescent twins - Correlating similarity of background activity with genetic relatedness

Brain Topography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-311

  Martinović, Žarko J ^a   Jovanović, Vesna ^a   Ristanović, Duçan ^a  

^a Institute for Mental Health   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brain topography; EEG normality; Genetics; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; DELTA RHYTHM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

EID: 0030859087     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01464485     Document Type: Article

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