The genetic and environmental etiology of sympathetic and parasympathetic activity in children

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 452-466

  Tuvblad, Catherine ^a   Isen, Joshua ^a   Baker, Laura A ^a   Raine, Adrian ^b   Lozano, Dora Isabel ^c   Jacobson, Kristen C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Heritability; Parasympathetic; RSA; Skin conductance; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; HEART RATE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; TWINS; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 77956192270     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-010-9346-0     Document Type: Article

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