Publications in scientific journals: 2007

Research based on NTR data

2007

Bartels M, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Derks EM, Stroet TM, Polderman TJC, Hudziak JJ, Boomsma DI. Young Netherlands Twin Register (Y-NTR): a longitudinal multiple informant study of problem behavior. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(1):3-11
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.3

Bartels M, Hudziak JJ. Genetically informative designs in the study of resilience in developmental psychopathology. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2007;16(2):323-339
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.chc.2006.12.008

Bartels M, Boomsma DI, Hudziak JJ, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Oord EJ van den. Twins and the study of rater (dis)agreement. Psychological Methods. 2007;12(4):451-466
DOI: 10.1037/1082-989X.12.4.451

Beijsterveldt CEM van, Boomsma DI. Genetics of parentally reported asthma, eczema and rhinitis in 5-yr-old twins. European Respiratory Journal. 2007;29(3):516-521
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00065706

Berg SM van den, Glas CAW, Boomsma DI. Variance decomposition using an IRT measurement model. Behavior Genetics. 2007;37(4):604-616, Open Access
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9156-1

Berg SM van den, Boomsma DI. The familial clustering of age at menarche in extended twin families. Behavior Genetics. 2007;37(5):661-667, Open Access
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9161-4

Boomsma DI, Cacioppo JT, Muthen B, Asparouhov T, Clark S. Longitudinal genetic analysis for loneliness in Dutch twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):267-273
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.267

Derks EM, Dolan CV, Boomsma DI. Statistical power to detect genetic and environmental influences in the presence of data missing at random. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(1):159-167
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.1.159

Derks EM, Dolan CV, Hudziak JJ, Neale MC, Boomsma DI. Assessment and etiology of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and oppositional defiant disorder in boys and girls. Behavior Genetics. 2007;37(4):559-566
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-007-9153-4

Derks EM, Hudziak JJ, Boomsma DI. Why more boys than girls with ADHD receive treatment: a study of Dutch twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(5):765-770
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.5.765

Distel MA, Ligthart L, Willemsen G, Nyholt DR, Trull TJ, Boomsma DI. Personality, health and lifestyle in a questionnaire family study: a comparison between highly cooperative and less cooperative families. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):348-353
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.348

Ent D van ’t, Lehn H, Derks EM, Hudziak JJ, Strien NM van, Veltman DJ, Geus EJC de, Todd RD, Boomsma DI. A structural MRI study in monozygotic twins concordant or discordant for attention/hyperactivity problems: evidence for genetic and environmental heterogeneity in the developing brain. Neuroimage. 2007;35(3):1004-1020
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.037

Geus EJC de, Ent D van ’t, Wolfensberger SP, Heutink P, Hoogendijk WJG, Boomsma DI, Veltman DJ. Intrapair differences in hippocampal volume in monozygotic twins discordant for the risk for anxiety and depression. Biological Psychiatry. 2007;61(9):1062-1071
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.07.026

Geus EJC de, Kupper N, Boomsma DI, Snieder H. Bivariate genetic modeling of cardiovascular stress reactivity: does stress uncover genetic variance? Psychosomatic Medicine. 2007;69(4):356-364
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318049cc2d

Goedhart AD, Sluis S van der, Houtveen JH, Willemsen G, Geus EJC de. Comparison of time and frequency domain measures of RSA in ambulatory recordings. Psychophysiology. 2007;44(2):203-215
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2006.00490.x

Gosso MF, Geus EJC de, Polderman TJC, Boomsma DI, Posthuma D, Heutink P. Exploring the functional role of the CHRM2 gene in human cognition: results from a dense genotyping and brain expression study. BMC Medical Genetics. 2007;8:66, Open Access
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-8-66

Grootheest DS van, Bartels M, Cath DC, Beekman AT, Hudziak JJ, Boomsma DI. Genetic and environmental contributions underlying stability in childhood obsessive-compulsive behavior. Biological Psychiatry. 2007;61(3):308-315
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.05.035

Grootheest DS van, Cath DC, Beekman AT, Boomsma DI. Genetic and environmental influences on obsessive-compulsive symptoms in adults: a population-based twin-family study. Psychological Medicine. 2007;37(11):1635-1644
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000980

Heijmans BT, Kremer D, Tobi EW, Boomsma DI, Slagboom PE. Heritable rather than age-related environmental and stochastic factors dominate variation in DNA methylation of the human IGF2/H19 locus. Human Molecular Genetics. 2007;16(5):547-554, Open Access
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm010

Hoekstra RA, Bartels M, Boomsma DI. Longitudinal genetic study of verbal and nonverbal IQ from early childhood to young adulthood. Learning and Individual Differences. 2007;17(2):97-114
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2007.05.005

Hoekstra RA, Bartels M, Verweij CJ, Boomsma DI. Heritability of autistic traits in the general population. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. 2007;161(4):372-377, Open Access
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.4.372

Hoekstra RA, Bartels M, Hudziak JJ, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Boomsma DI. Genetic and environmental covariation between autistic traits and behavioral problems. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(6):853-860
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.6.853

Hottenga JJ, Whitfield JB, Posthuma D, Willemsen G, Geus EJC de, Martin NG, Boomsma DI. Genome-wide scan for blood pressure in Australian and Dutch subjects suggests linkage at 5P, 14Q, and 17P. Hypertension. 2007;49(4):832-838, Open Access
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000260092.93964.ed

Kuijper EA, Lambalk CB, Boomsma DI, Sluis S van der, Blankenstein MA, Geus EJC de, Posthuma D. Heritability of reproductive hormones in adult male twins. Human Reproduction. 2007;22(8):2153-2159, Open Access
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem145

Kupper N, Denollet J, Geus EJC de, Boomsma DI, Willemsen G. Heritability of type-D personality. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2007;69(7):675-681
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318149f4a7

Langendonk JM, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Brouwer SI, Stroet TM, Hudziak JJ, Boomsma DI. Assessment of motor milestones in twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(6):835-839
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.6.835

Leeuwen M van, Berg SM van den, Hoekstra RA, Boomsma DI. Endophenotypes for intelligence in children and adolescents. Intelligence. 2007;35(4):369-380
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2006.09.008

Lehn H, Derks EM, Hudziak JJ, Heutink P, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Boomsma DI. Attention problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in discordant and concordant monozygotic twins: evidence of environmental mediators. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2007;46(1):83-91
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000242244.00174.d9

Linkenkaer-Hansen K, Smit DJA, Barkil A, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Brussaard AB, Boomsma DI, Ooyen A van, Geus EJC de. Genetic contributions to long-range temporal correlations in ongoing oscillations. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2007;27(50):13882-13889
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3083-07.2007

McCaffery JM, Snieder H, Dong Y, Geus EJC de. Genetics in psychosomatic medicine: Research designs and statistical approaches. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2007;69(2):206-216, Open Access
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31802f5dd4

Mekel-Bobrov N, Posthuma D, Gilbert SL, Lind P, Gosso MF, Polderman TJC, Boomsma DI, Deary IJ, Wright MJ, Geus EJC de, Lahn BT, others. The ongoing adaptive evolution of ASPM and Microcephalin is not explained by increased intelligence. Human Molecular Genetics. 2007;16(6):600-608, Open Access
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl487

Middeldorp CM, Geus EJC de, Beem AL, Lakenberg N, Hottenga JJ, Slagboom PE, Boomsma DI. Family based association analyses between the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and neuroticism, anxiety and depression. Behavior Genetics. 2007;37(2):294-301
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9139-7

Moor MHM de, Stubbe JH, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Exercise participation and self-rated health: do common genes explain the association? European Journal of Epidemiology. 2007;22(1):27-32
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9088-8

Moor MHM de, Posthuma D, Hottenga JJ, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Genome-wide linkage scan for exercise participation in Dutch sibling pairs. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2007;15(12):1252-1259
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201907

Moor MHM de, Spector TD, Cherkas LF, Falchi M, Hottenga JJ, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Genome-Wide Linkage Scan for Athlete Status in 700 British Female DZ Twin Pairs. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(6):812-820
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.6.812

Ordoñana JR, Rebollo-Mesa I, Gonzalez-Javier F, Perez-Riquelme F, Martinez-Selva JM, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI. Heritability of body mass index: a comparison between the Netherlands and Spain. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(5):749-756
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.5.749

Perola M, Sammalisto S, Hiekkalinna T, Martin NG, Visscher PM, Boomsma DI, Willemsen G, Hottenga JJ, Widen E, Silventoinen K, Kaprio J, Palotie A, Peltonen L, others. Combined genome scans for body stature in 6,602 European twins: evidence for common Caucasian loci. PLoS Genetics. 2007;3(6):e97, Open Access
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030097
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Poelen EAP, Scholte RHJ, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI, Engels RCME. Drinking by parents, siblings, and friends as predictors of regular alcohol use in adolescents and young adults: a longitudinal twin-family study. Alcohol & Alcoholism. 2007;42(4):362-369, Open Access
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm042

Polderman TJC, Posthuma D, Sonneville LMJ de, Stins JF, Verhulst FC, Boomsma DI. Genetic analyses of the stability of executive functioning during childhood. Biological Psychology. 2007;76(1-2):11-20
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.05.002

Polderman TJC, Derks EM, Hudziak JJ, Verhulst FC, Posthuma D, Boomsma DI. Across the continuum of attention skills: a twin study of the SWAN ADHD rating scale. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2007;48(11):1080-1087
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01783.x

Rebollo I, Boomsma DI. Personality: Possible Effects of Inbreeding Depression on Sensation Seeking. European Journal of Personality. 2007;21(5):621-623
DOI: 10.1002/per.646

Schoonman GG, Evers DJ, Ballieux BE, Geus EJC de, Kloet ER de, Terwindt GM, Dijk JG van, Ferrari MD. Is stress a trigger factor for migraine? Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2007;32(5):532-538
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.03.006

Silventoinen K, Posthuma D, Lahelma E, Rose RJ, Kaprio J. Genetic and Environmental Factors Affecting Self-Rated Health from Age 16–25: A Longitudinal Study of Finnish Twins. Behavior Genetics. 2007;37(2):326-333
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-006-9096-1

Silventoinen K, Bartels M, Posthuma D, Estourgie-Van Burk GF, Willemsen G, Beijsterveldt CEM van, Boomsma DI. Genetic regulation of growth in height and weight from 3 to 12 years of age: a longitudinal study of Dutch twin children. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):354-363
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.354

Smit DJA, Posthuma D, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. The relation between frontal EEG asymmetry and the risk for anxiety and depression. Biological Psychology. 2007;74(1):26-33
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.06.002

Smit DJA, Posthuma D, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Genetic contribution to the P3 in young and middle-aged adults. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):335-347
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.335

Smit DJA, Posthuma D, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Heritability of anterior and posterior visual N1. International Journal of Psychophysiology. 2007;66(3):196-204
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.06.005

Snieder H, Doornen LJP van, Boomsma DI, Thayer JF. Sex differences and heritability of two indices of heart rate dynamics: a twin study. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):364-372
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.364

Stins JF, Polderman TJC, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. Conditional accuracy in response interference tasks: Evidence from the Eriksen flanker task and the spatial conflict task. Advances in Cognitive Psychology. 2007;3(3):409-417
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0005-4

Stubbe JH, Moor MHM de, Boomsma DI, Geus EJC de. The association between exercise participation and well-being: a co-twin study. Preventive Medicine. 2007;44(2):148-152
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.002

Thomsen SF, Ulrik CS, Kyvik KO, Sørensen TIA, Posthuma D, Skadhauge LR, Steffensen I, Backer V. Association between obesity and asthma in a twin cohort. Allergy. 2007;62(10):1199-1204
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2007.01480.x

Vink JM, Nawijn L, Boomsma DI, Willemsen G. Personality differences in monozygotic twins discordant for cannabis use. Addiction. 2007;102(12):1942-1946
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02008.x

Willemsen G, Boomsma DI. Religious upbringing and neuroticism in Dutch twin families. Twin Research and Human Genetics. 2007;10(2):327-333
DOI: 10.1375/twin.10.2.327