Heritability of brain ventricle volume: Converging evidence from inconsistent results

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Kremen, William S ^a,b,c   Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Neale, Michael C ^d   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^a,e   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth ^d   Eyler, Lisa T ^a,c   Stevens, Allison ^f   Franz, Carol E ^a   Lyons, Michael J ^g   Grant, Michael D ^g   Jak, Amy J ^a,c   Jernigan, Terry L ^a   Xian, Hong ^h   Fischl, Bruce ^f   Thermenos, Heidi W ^f,i   Seidman, Larry J ^f,i   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,c   Dale, Anders M ^e,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (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 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's Disease; Endophenotype; Genetics; Lateral ventricles; Mild cognitive impairment; Structural MRI; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CHILD; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SAMPLE SIZE; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355153554     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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