title: The P300 component of the auditory event-related potential in monozygotic and dizygotic twins.
abstract: The P300 component of the auditory event-related potential was recorded from 10 pairs of monozygotic (MZ) twins and 11 pairs of dizygotic (DZ) twins during an auditory discrimination task. The within-pair similarity of P300 latency was significantly greater in MZ than in DZ twins. The within-pair similarity of P300 amplitude was not significantly greater in MZ than in DZ twins. These results support previous findings suggesting that P300 latency is largely genetically determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Deary
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010897:Pitch Discrimination / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic / Q000235:genetics*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics*