Genetic influence demonstrated for MEG-recorded somatosensory evoked responses

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1040-1046

  van 't Ent, Dennis ^a,b   Vansoelen, Inge L C ^a,c   Stam, Kees J ^b,d   de Geus, Eco J C ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dizygotic twins; Magnetoencephalogram; MEG; Monozygotic twins; Similarities; Somatosensory evoked response

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649427545     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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