Genetic variability of human brain size and cortical gyral patterns

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-269

  Bartley, Alycia J ^a   Jones, Douglas W ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical anatomy; Genetics; Gyral patterns; Human brain size; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEMISPHERE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0031020669     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.2.257     Document Type: Article

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