TRHG - Special Issue - Genetics of brain structure and function

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser  |   Forward to a friend.         Date: 3 July 2012 Location: Cambridge, UK **With apologies for cross posting** Nature vs nurture - a neurological insight As the nature vs nurture battle continues to rage, a new journal to Cambridge offers new insights to the debate. The inaugural issue of Twin Research and Human Genetics with Cambridge is a special issue dedicated to the Genetics of brain structure and function. The issue highlights the advances made in the field of imaging genetics, combining high profile genetic methodology with the best of imaging in human neuroscience. Twin and family studies have found that human behavior is under substantial genetic control. Genes cause people not only to have certain physical appearance (which is the reason why monozygotic twins look so much alike), but also how they behave, how they develop as a child, and whether they are at risk for neurological disease or psychiatric disorders. The pathways through which genes are linked to behaviors (normal or deviant) must be mediated in the brain. This collection focuses on the link between genetics and brain characteristics found to be relevant for human behavior. It includes studies with state-of-the-art neuroimaging tools and novel data analysis techniques on unique samples including schizophrenia patients and their unaffected siblings, neonatal twins, and baboons. The genetics of brain imaging phenotypes is a prime area of research for the further exploration of how genes are linked to behavior. The studies presented in this special issue represent an important step toward the holy grail of imaging genetics research; identification of causal functional variants by searching the genome for association to a brain-based trait linked with increased risk for a neuropsychiatric disease. The contents of this special issue can be viewed at: http://journals.cambridge.org/thg/1531 ENDS Notes for Editors: For further information, please contact: Cambridge University Press: Charlotte Porter, Marketing Executive Tel: +44 (0)1223 347966 Email cporter@cambridge.org About Twin Research and Human Genetics:  Twin Research and Human Genetics  communicates the results of original research covering the broad spectrum of multiple birth research. It also provides timely state-of-the-art reviews on all aspects of twin studies. Topics covered in the journal include behavioral genetics, complex diseases, endocrinology, foetal pathology, genetics, obstetrics, paediatrics, and psychiatric genetics. For further information about Twin Research and Human Genetics , go to http://journals.cambridge.org/thg About Cambridge Journals Cambridge University Press publishes over 300 peer-reviewed academic journals across a wide spread of subject areas, in print and online. Many of these journals are the leading academic publications in their fields and together they form one of the most valuable and comprehensive bodies of research available today. For further information about Cambridge Journals, go to http://journals.cambridge.org About Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Dedicated to excellence, its purpose is to further the University's objective of advancing knowledge, education, learning, and research. Its extensive peer-reviewed publishing lists comprise 45,000 titles covering academic research, professional development, over 300 research journals, school-level education, English language teaching and bible publishing. Playing a leading role in today's international market place, Cambridge University Press has more than 50 offices around the globe, and it distributes its products to nearly every country in the world. For further information, please go to: http://www.cambridge.org