Heritability of brain volume on MRI in middle to advanced age: A twin study of Japanese adults.

Brain atrophy is part of the aging process and accelerated by neurodegenerative diseases, so an understanding of the background heritability of brain volume is essential. The purpose of this study was to determine the heritability of brain volume in middle to advanced age East Asian adults, an age g...

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Main Authors: Matthew W Lukies, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Hisashi Tanaka, Hiroto Takahashi, Soshiro Ogata, Kayoko Omura, Shiro Yorifuji, Noriyuki Tomiyama, Osaka University Twin Research Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5398540?pdf=render