Genetic and environmental influences of white and gray matter signal contrast: A new phenotype for imaging genetics?

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1686-1695

  Panizzon, Matthew S ^a   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^a,b   Kubarych, Thomas S ^c   Chen, Chi Hua ^a   Eyler, Lisa T ^a,d   Fischl, Bruce ^e,f,g   Franz, Carol E ^a   Grant, Michael D ^h   Hamza, Samar ^a   Jak, Amy ^a,d   Jernigan, Terry L ^a,b,i   Lyons, Michael J ^h   Neale, Michael C ^c   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth C ^c   Seidman, Larry ^f   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,f,j   Wu, Hao ^c   Xian, Hong ^k   Dale, Anders M ^b,l   Kremen, William S ^a,j,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m VA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GRAY MATTER; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL CONTRAST; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT;

EID: 84862829635     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.01.122     Document Type: Article

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