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. 2016 Dec 15;7:13738. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13738

Table 2. Heritability estimates of various structural measures of subcortical brain regions.

Region Gross volume
Radial distance
Jacobian determinant
PCA radial distance
PCA Jacobian determinant
  h2 P h2* P h2* P h2* P h2* P
Left hemisphere
 Amygdala 8.1 0.18 47.7 1.72 × 10−6 35.4 2.85 × 10−4 29.9 4.40 × 10−4 27.9 9.30 × 10−4
 Accumbens 11.6 0.099 34.0 4.71 × 10−4 33.7 5.11 × 10−4 28.7 7.04 × 10−4 42.0 1.45 × 10−6
 Caudate 33.7 8.6 × 10−5 49.9 6.33 × 10−7 52.9 1.40 × 10−7 42.4 1.20 × 10−6 35.1 4.73 × 10−5
 Hippocampus 10.8 0.12 32.7 7.32 × 10−4 29.2 2.23 × 10−3 28.9 6.59 × 10−4 29.6 5.03 × 10−4
 Pallidum 32.2 1.7 × 10−4 39.6 5.75 × 10−5 44.1 8.65 × 10−6 30.8 2.96 × 10−4 27.0 1.33 × 10−3
 Putamen 43.4 6.8 × 10−7 49.4 7.43 × 10−7 52.7 1.45 × 10−7 34.1 7.16 × 10−5 40.7 2.92 × 10−6
 Thalamus 34.1 7.4 × 10−5 53.3 1.05 × 10−7 45.3 5.07 × 10−6 30.2 3.78 × 10−4 29.4 5.26 × 10−4
                     
Right hemisphere
 Amygdala 20.4 0.012 33.5 5.45 × 10−4 31.5 1.08 × 10−3 30.5 3.45 × 10−4 27.7 1.03 × 10−3
 Accumbens 1.6 0.43 33.1 6.30 × 10−4 35.1 3.13 × 10−4 34.5 5.99 × 10−5 31.7 2.10 × 10−4
 Caudate 34.7 5.4 × 10−5 46.7 2.86 × 10−6 47.5 1.95 × 10−6 29.9 4.45 × 10−4 33.8 8.75 × 10−5
 Hippocampus 8.0 0.19 33.7 5.26 × 10−4 17.7 4.23 × 10−2 30.8 3.00 × 10−4 28.9 6.44 × 10−4
 Pallidum 36.6 2.3 × 10−5 46.4 3.12 × 10−6 44.5 7.22 × 10−6 41.4 1.97 × 10−6 29.2 5.77 × 10−4
 Putamen 37.1 1.8 × 10−5 42.6 1.70 × 10−5 37.5 1.32 × 10−4 32.7 1.36 × 10−4 33.4 1.01 × 10−4
 Thalamus 30.8 3.0 × 10−4 46.2 3.50 × 10−6 50.4 4.50 × 10−7 37.1 1.78 × 10−5 31.8 2.02 × 10−4

h2, heritability estimate in %; PCA, principal component analysis.

*Estimate indicates highest heritability among all vertices or principal components.