Magnetoencephalography in twins reveals a strong genetic determination of the peak frequency of visually induced gamma-band synchronization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3388-3392

  van Pelt, Stan ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Fries, Pascal ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN WAVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857864098     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5592-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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