Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and related sex differences in brain structure: An MRI study in dutch twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 516-524

  Den Braber, Anouk ^a   De Geus, Eco J C ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a   Van 't Ent, Dennis ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gray matter volume; middle temporal cortex; obsessive compulsive symptom by sex interaction; precuneus; structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TWINS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876004279     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2013.10     Document Type: Article

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