Morphological changes in aging brain structures are differentially affected by time-linked environmental influences despite strong genetic stability

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Sullivan, Edith V ^b   Carmelli, Dorit ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Corpus callosum; Environment; Gene; Genetics; Longitudinal; MRI; Twins; Ventricle

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA DAMAGE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1642430755     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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