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A pediatric twin study of brain morphometry.
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Oct 2006
Wallace Gregory L, Eric Schmitt J, Lenroot Rhoshel, Viding Essi, Ordaz Sarah, Rosenthal Michael A, Molloy Elizabeth A, Clasen Liv S, Kendler Kenneth S, Neale Michael C, Giedd Jay N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Longitudinal pediatric neuroimaging studies have demonstrated increasing volumes of white matter and regionally-specific inverted U shaped developmental trajectories of gray matter volumes during childhood and adolescence. Studies of monozygotic and dyzygotic twins during this developmental period allow exploration of genetic and non-genetic influences on these developmental trajectories. METHOD:...
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