Strong Resemblance in the Amplitude of Oscillatory Brain Activity in Monozygotic Twins Is Not Caused by "Trivial" Similarities in the Composition of the Skull

D. van t Ent; I.L.C. van Soelen; C.J. Stam; E.J.C. de Geus; D.I. Boomsma

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20656

Strong Resemblance in the Amplitude of Oscillatory Brain Activity in Monozygotic Twins Is Not Caused by "Trivial" Similarities in the Composition of the Skull

D. van t Ent, I.L.C. van Soelen, C.J. Stam, E.J.C. de Geus, D.I. Boomsma

Neurology (VUmc)

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Abstract

Previous twin studies have shown strong heritability of electroencephalogram amplitude characteristics, such as power spectra. However, it has been suggested that these high heritabilities may reflect "trivial" twin resemblance in intervening tissues such as the skull. Here we demonstrate strong monozygotic twin correlation (0.79 < r < 0.88) of eyes-closed resting-state magnetoencephalogram power, which is insensitive to intervening tissues. These results confirm that brain activity itself is highly heritable. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2142-2145
Journal	Human brain mapping
Volume	30
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20656
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)

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