Genetic and environmental contributions to regional cortical surface area in humans: A magnetic resonance imaging twin study

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2313-2321

  Eyler, Lisa T ^a,b   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^c,d   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Kaup, Allison R ^a,e   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^a,f   Neale, Michael C ^c,d   Jernigan, Terry L ^a,g   Fischl, Bruce ^h   Franz, Carol E ^a   Lyons, Michael J ⁱ   Grant, Michael ⁱ   Stevens, Allison ^h   Pacheco, Jennifer ^h   Perry, Michele E ^a,g   Schmitt, J Eric ^c,d   Seidman, Larry J ^j   Thermenos, Heidi W ^j   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,k,l,m   Chen, Chi Hua ^a   Thompson, Wesley K ^a   Jak, Amy ^a,m   Dale, Anders M ^f,n   Kremen, William S ^a,k,m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cortex; Cortical thickness; Heritability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRONTAL LOBE; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TWINS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 80052779416     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr013     Document Type: Article

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