Reduced variance in monozygous twins for multiple MR parameters: Implications for disease studies and the genetic basis of brain structure

NeuroImage

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1536-1544

  Pell, Gaby S ^a   Briellmann, Regula S ^a   Lawrence, Kate M ^b   Glencross, Deborah ^b   Wellard, R Mark ^b   Berkovic, Samuel F ^a,b   Jackson, Graeme D ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain structure; Genes; Genetics; MRI; Phenotype; Twins; Voxel based

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ASPARTIC ACID; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 70749100798     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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