Genetic network properties of the human cortex based on regional thickness and surface area measures

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue AUGUST, 2015, Pages

  Docherty, Anna R ^a   Sawyers, Chelsea K ^a   Panizzon, Matthew S ^b,c   Neale, Michael C ^a   Eyler, Lisa T ^b,d   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^b,e   Franz, Carol E ^b,c   Chen, Chi Hua ^b,c   McEvoy, Linda K ^e   Verhulst, Brad ^a   Tsuang, Ming T ^b,c,f,g   Kremen, William S ^b,c,g  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Genetic; Imaging; Network; Small world; Structural; Surface area; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GRAPH THEORETICAL MODEL; HEMISPHERE; HERITABILITY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; SURFACE AREA; TWINS;

EID: 84940195217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00440     Document Type: Article

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