Longitudinal Development of Hormone Levels and Grey Matter Density in 9 and 12-Year-Old Twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 313-323

  Brouwer, Rachel M ^a   Koenis, M M G ^a   Schnack, Hugo G ^a   van Baal, G Caroline ^a   van Soelen, Inge L C ^a,b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estradiol; FSH; Grey matter; Hormones; Longitudinal; Puberty; Twins

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUBERTY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GRAY MATTER; HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY; TESTOSTERONE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84939997757     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-015-9708-8     Document Type: Article

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