Genetic patterns of correlation among subcortical volumes in humans: Results from a magnetic resonance imaging twin study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-653

  Eyler, Lisa T ^a,b   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^c,d   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^a   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Neale, Michael C ^c,d   Jernigan, Terry L ^a,e   Fischl, Bruce ^f   Franz, Carol E ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^g   Stevens, Allison ^f   Pacheco, Jennifer ^f   Perry, Michele E ^a,e   Schmitt, J Eric ^c,d   Spitzer, Nicholas C ^h   Seidman, Larry J ⁱ   Thermenos, Heidi W ⁱ   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,h,j   Dale, Anders M ^k,l   Kremen, William S ^a,b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Amygdala; Behavioral genetics; Caudate; Hippocampus; Pallidum; Putamen; Striatum; Thalamus; Ventricles

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EMOTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; TWINS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; TWINS;

EID: 79952411030     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21054     Document Type: Article

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