White matter heritability using diffusion tensor imaging in neonatal brains

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 336-350

  Geng, Xiujuan ^a   Prom Wormley, Elizabeth C ^c   Perez, Javier ^c   Kubarych, Thomas ^c   Styner, Martin ^a,b   Lin, Weili ^a   Neale, Michael C ^c   Gilmore, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial diffusivity; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Environmental variation; Fractional anisotropy; Genetic variation; Heritability; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neonates; Radial diffusivity; White matter atlas; White matter maturation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; TWINS;

EID: 84871398792     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.14     Document Type: Article

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