Genetic contributions to human brain morphology and in...(iTo test for influences of genetic commo...)

Date:10/16/2007

i>To test for influences of genetic, common, and unique environmental factors or interactions between genetic and environmental influences. twin studies carried out in large and more homogenous samples, analyzed with advanced quantitative genetic methods are needed.

• To investigate the stability of genetic and environmental influences onto functional neural networks in human brain longitudinal twin studies in childhood as well as in adulthood are needed since brain volume changes dynamically throughout life.

• New brain-imaging methods, such as DTI-fiber tracking and resting state functional MRI, allow to study the heritability of neural networks underlying brain functioning.

• These new methods, in coherence with new genetic approaches, will enable us to further disentangle which genes and environmental factors and interactions therein influence human brain structure throughout life.

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Contact: Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol h.e.hulshoff@umcutrecht.nl European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Source:Eurekalert

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