Size of the human corpus callosum is genetically determined: An MRI study in mono and dizygotic twins

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 338, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Scamvougeras, Anton ^a,b   Kigar, Debra L ^a   Jones, Douglas ^c   Weinberger, Daniel R ^c   Witelson, Sandra F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Genetics; Heritability; Human; Imaging; Twins

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037468303     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01333-2     Document Type: Review

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