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Brain SCALE: brain structure and cognition: an adolescent longitudinal twin study into the genetic etiology of individual differences.
Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies - 1 Jun 2012
van Soelen Inge L C, Brouwer Rachel M, Peper Jiska S, van Leeuwen Marieke, Koenis Marinka M G, van Beijsterveldt Toos C E M, Swagerman Suzanne C, Kahn René S, Hulshoff Pol Hilleke E, Boomsma Dorret I
Abstract excerpt
From childhood into adolescence, the child's brain undergoes considerable changes in both structure and function. Twin studies are of great value to explore to what extent genetic and environmental factors explain individual differences in brain development and cognition. In The Netherlands, we initiated a longitudinal study in which twins, their siblings and their parents are assessed at three year intervals....
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