Asymmetries of the Arcuate Fasciculus in Monozygotic Twins: Genetic and Nongenetic Influences

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Häberling, Isabelle S ^a   Badzakova Trajkov, Gjurgjica ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871803609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052315     Document Type: Article

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