Neuregulin-1 genotype is associated with structural differences in the normal human brain

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2057-2061

  Barnes, Anna ^a   Isohanni, Matti ^b,c   Barnett, Jennifer H ^a,d   Pietiläinen, Olli ^e,f   Veijola, Juha ^b   Miettunen, Jouko ^b   Paunio, Tiina ^e   Tanskanen, Päivikki ^c   Ridler, Khanum ^a   Suckling, John ^a   Bullmore, Edward T ^a   Jones, Peter B ^a   Murray, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d CAMBRIDGE COGNITION   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Grey matter; Neuregulin; SNP8NRG243177; VBM; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR THALAMIC RADIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE TRACT; NEUREGULIN 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUREGULIN-1; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84855435863     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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