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Genetic and environmental influences on focal brain density in bipolar disorder.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2010
van der Schot Astrid C, Vonk Ronald, Brouwer Rachel M, van Baal G Caroline M, Brans Rachel G H, van Haren Neeltje E M, Schnack Hugo G, Boomsma Dorret I, Nolen Willem A, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E, Kahn René S
Abstract excerpt
Structural neuroimaging studies suggest the presence of subtle abnormalities in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder. The influence of genetic and/or environmental factors on these brain abnormalities is unknown. To investigate the contribution of genetic and environmental factors on grey and white matter brain densities in bipolar disorder, monozygotic and dizygotic twins concordant and discordant for...
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