A twin MRI study of size variations in the human brain

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Pennington, Bruce F ^a   Filipek, Pauline A ^b   Lefly, Dianne ^b   Chhabildas, Nomita ^b   Kennedy, David N ^b   Simon, Jack H ^b   Filley, Christopher M ^b   Galaburda, Albert ^b   DeFries, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSLEXIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMISPHERE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOCORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS;

EID: 0034054402     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892900561850     Document Type: Article

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