Gene network effects on brain microstructure and intellectual performance identified in 472 twins

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 8732-8745

  Chiang, Ming Chang ^a,b   Barysheva, Marina ^b   McMahon, Katie L ^c   de Zubicaray, Greig I ^d   Johnson, Kori ^c   Montgomery, Grant W ^e   Martin, Nicholas G ^e   Toga, Arthur W ^e   Wright, Margaret J ^e   Shapshak, Paul ^f   Thompson, Paul M ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Centre for Advanced Imaging   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STRUCTURE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE NETWORK; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863084801     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5993-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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