Mapping genetic and environmental influences on cortical surface area of pediatric twins

Neuroscience

Volumn 220, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-178

  Yoon, U ^a,c   Perusse, D ^b   Evans, A C ^c  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical surface area; Genetic effect; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pediatric twin; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEMISPHERE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; TWINS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TWINS;

EID: 84864780515     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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