Heritability of cortical thickness changes over time in twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 192-199

  Hedman, Anna M ^a   van Haren, Neeltje E M ^a   van Baal, G Caroline M ^a   Brouwer, Rachel M ^a   Brans, Rachel G H ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   Kahn, René S ^a   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Longitudinal; MRI; Schizophrenia; Surface area; Twins

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE DURATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT SUPERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL EDUCATION; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TWIN DISCORDANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGAN SIZE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937717422     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.06.021     Document Type: Article

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