Genetic and environmental influences on EEG coherence

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 443-453

  Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a,b,c   Molenaar, P C M ^b   De Geus, E J C ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain function; Cortico cortical connectivity; Heritability; Maturation; Sex differences; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS;

EID: 0032418958     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021637328512     Document Type: Article

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