A twin study of genetic contributions to hippocampal morphology in schizophrenia

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-95

  Narr, Katherine L ^a   Van Erp, Theo G M ^b   Cannon, Tyrone D ^b   Woods, Roger P ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Jang, Seonah ^a   Blanton, Rebecca ^a   Poutanen, Veli Pekka ^c   Huttunen, Matti ^d   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^d   Standerksjöld Nordenstam, Carl Gustav ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^e   Mazziotta, John C ^b   Toga, Arthur W ^a,b  

^a Division of Brain Mapping   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 0036451211     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nbdi.2002.0548     Document Type: Article

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