Intergenerational transmission of brain structure and function in humans: a narrative review of designs, methods, and findings

• Published in: Brain structure & function Vol. 229; no. 6; pp. 1327 - 1348
• Main Authors: Constant-Varlet, Charlotte, Nakai, Tomoya, Prado, Jérôme
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2024; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - physiology; Cell Biology; Child; Children; Children & youth; Cognitive Sciences; Environmental factors; Functional anatomy; Humans; Life Sciences; Medical imaging; Neuroimaging; Neuroimaging - methods; Neurology; Neurons and Cognition; Neurosciences; Parents; Phenotype; Phenotypes; Review; Standardization; Structure-function relationships; Intergenerational neuroimaging; Intergenerational transmission; Heritability; Parent-child similarity; Cerebral marker; Multigenerational study; Intergenerational neuroimaging Cerebral marker Intergenerational transmission Parent-child similarity Multigenerational study Heritability Highlights; Heritability Highlights

Children often show cognitive and affective traits that are similar to their parents. Although this indicates a transmission of phenotypes from parents to children, little is known about the neural underpinnings of that transmission. Here, we provide a general overview of neuroimaging studies that e...