Prefrontal cortex gyrification index in twins: An MRI study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 261, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 459-465

  Hasan, Alkomiet ^a   McIntosh, Andrew M ^b   Droese, Uta Aglaia ^a   Schneider Axmann, Thomas ^a   Lawrie, Stephen M ^b   Moorhead, Thomas William ^b   Tepest, Ralf ^c   Maier, Wolfgang ^d   Falkai, Peter ^a   Wobrock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical folding; Genetics; Gyrification; Prefrontal lobes; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; TWINS;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856278618     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-011-0198-2     Document Type: Article

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