Genetics of white matter development: A DTI study of 705 twins and their siblings aged 12 to 29

NeuroImage

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2308-2317

  Chiang, Ming Chang ^a   McMahon, Katie L ^b   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^c   Hickie, Ian ^d   Toga, Arthur W ^a   Wright, Margaret J ^c   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diffusion imaging; Gene environment interaction; Genetics; Twins; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; THALAMUS; TWINS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650209451     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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