Intrapair Differences in Hippocampal Volume in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for the Risk for Anxiety and Depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1062-1071

  de Geus, Eco J C ^a,c   van't Ent, Dennis ^a   Wolfensberger, Saskia P A ^b   Heutink, Peter ^a,c   Hoogendijk, Witte J G ^b,c   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Veltman, Dick J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Foundation for Mental Health Care Buitenamstel   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MRI; psychopathology; twin study; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL LOBE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LIFE STYLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PARENTS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 34047260942     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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