| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 321351 | European Neuropsychopharmacology | 2008 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Monozygotic and same-sex dizygotic twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia were compared with matched control twin pairs in order to disentangle genetic and environmental contributions to variation in hypothalamus volume. A decrease in hypothalamus volume was found in patients or discordant twin pairs compared to healthy controls which could be attributed to the decrease in total brain volume. Higher within-twin pair similarities in monozygotic compared to dizygotic twin pairs, suggests that hypothalamus volume might be partly genetically controlled.
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Authors
P. Cédric M.P. Koolschijn, Neeltje E.M. van Haren, Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol, René S. Kahn,