Genes contributing to subcortical volumes and intellectual ability implicate the thalamus

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2632-2642

  Bohlken, Marc M ^a   Brouwer, Rachel M ^a   Mandl, René C W ^a   van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   Brans, Rachel G H ^a   van Baal, G Caroline M ^a   de Geus, Eco J C ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Kahn, René S ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heritability; IQ; MRI; Subcortical; Thalamus; Twin; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIBLING; THALAMUS; TWINS;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84899097552     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22356     Document Type: Article

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