Genetic influences on brain asymmetry: A DTI study of 374 twins and siblings

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 455-469

  Jahanshad, Neda ^a   Lee, Agatha D ^a   Barysheva, Marina ^a   McMahon, Katie L ^c   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Wright, Margaret J ^c   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain asymmetry; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Geodesic anisotropy; Path analysis; Quantitative genetics; Structural equation model; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIBLING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953715731     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.04.236     Document Type: Article

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