Development and aging of cortical thickness correspond to genetic organization patterns

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 15462-15467

  Fjell, Anders M ^a,b   Grydeland, Håkon ^a   Krogsrud, Stine K ^a   Amlien, Inge ^a   Rohani, Darius A ^a   Ferschmann, Lia ^a   Storsve, Andreas B ^a   Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Sala Llonch, Roser ^a   Due Tønnessen, Paulina ^a,c   Bjørnerud, Atle ^a,c   Sølsnes, Anne Elisabeth ^d   Håberg, Asta K ^d,e   Skranes, Jon ^d   Bartsch, Hauke ^f   Chen, Chi Hua ^f   Thompson, Wesley K ^f   Panizzon, Matthew S ^g   Kremen, William S ^f,g   Dale, Anders M ^f,h   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral cortex; Development; Genetic; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; GENE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84950341708     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508831112     Document Type: Article

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