Longitudinal genetic analysis of brain volumes in normal elderly male twins

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 636-644

  Lessov Schlaggar, Christina N ^a,f   Hardin, Jill ^b   DeCarli, Charles ^c   Krasnow, Ruth E ^a   Reed, Terry ^d   Wolf, Philip A ^e   Swan, Gary E ^a   Carmelli, Dorit ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Longitudinal; Twins; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856950582     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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