List of works by Carol E Franz

A 35-year longitudinal assessment of cognition and midlife depression symptoms: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging

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A comparison of heritability maps of cortical surface area and thickness and the influence of adjustment for whole brain measures: a magnetic resonance imaging twin study

scientific article published on June 2012

A longitudinal twin study of general cognitive ability over four decades

scientific article published on 30 March 2017

A multivariate twin study of hippocampal volume, self-esteem and well-being in middle-aged men

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A new look at the genetic and environmental coherence of metabolic syndrome components

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A test for common genetic and environmental vulnerability to depression and diabetes

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A twin study of spatial and non-spatial delayed response performance in middle age

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A twin-study of genetic contributions to hearing acuity in late middle age.

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A twin-study of genetic contributions to morningness-eveningness and depression

scientific article published on 27 October 2014

Adult cognitive ability and socioeconomic status as mediators of the effects of childhood disadvantage on salivary cortisol in aging adults

scientific article published on 16 May 2013

Adult romantic attachment, negative emotionality, and depressive symptoms in middle aged men: a multivariate genetic analysis

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Alcohol intake and brain white matter in middle aged men: Microscopic and macroscopic differences.

scientific article published on 7 February 2018

Altered white matter microstructural organization in posttraumatic stress disorder across 3047 adults: results from the PGC-ENIGMA PTSD consortium

scientific article published on 19 December 2019

Amyloid-β Positivity Predicts Cognitive Decline but Cognition Predicts Progression to Amyloid-β Positivity

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Assessment of Lifespan Functioning Attainment (ALFA) scale: A quantitative interview for self-reported current and functional decline in schizophrenia

scientific article published on 11 April 2015

Association of baseline semantic fluency and progression to mild cognitive impairment in middle-aged men

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Association of current and former smoking with body mass index: A study of smoking discordant twin pairs from 21 twin cohorts

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Associations between jet lag and cortisol diurnal rhythms after domestic travel

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Authors' response to: commentary by Johnson et al

scientific article published on April 2014

Aβ-Positivity Predicts Cognitive Decline but Cognition Also Predicts Progression to Aβ-Positivity

article published in 2019

Beyond familism: a case study of the ethics of care of a Latina caregiver of an elderly parent with dementia

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Body mass trajectories and cortical thickness in middle-aged men: a 42-year longitudinal study starting in young adulthood

scientific article published on 12 March 2019

Caught in the act? Prevalence, predictors, and consequences of physician detection of unannounced standardized patients

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Cognitive reserve moderates the association between hippocampal volume and episodic memory in middle age.

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Common Genetic Influences on Impulsivity Facets are Related to Goal Management, Psychopathology, and Personality

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Comparison of Twin and Extended Pedigree Designs for Obtaining Heritability Estimates

scientific article published on 18 April 2015

Conceptions of dementia in a multiethnic sample of family caregivers.

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Conceptual and data-based investigation of genetic influences and brain asymmetry: a twin study of multiple structural phenotypes

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Cortical thickness is influenced by regionally specific genetic factors

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Cortisol and Brain: Beyond the Hippocampus

scientific article published on 20 November 2010

Cross-sectional and 35-year longitudinal assessment of salivary cortisol and cognitive functioning: the Vietnam Era twin study of aging

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Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period, and region: an individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts

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Distinct genetic influences on cortical surface area and cortical thickness

scientific article published on 18 March 2009

Do patient requests for antidepressants enhance or hinder physicians' evaluation of depression? A randomized controlled trial

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Does degree of gyrification underlie the phenotypic and genetic associations between cortical surface area and cognitive ability?

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Does parental education have a moderating effect on the genetic and environmental influences of general cognitive ability in early adulthood?

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Early identification and heritability of mild cognitive impairment

scientific article published on 26 December 2013

Education in Twins and Their Parents Across Birth Cohorts Over 100 years: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 42-Twin Cohorts

scientific article published in October 2017

Effects of social contact and zygosity on 21-y weight change in male twins

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Erectile dysfunction, vascular risk, and cognitive performance in late middle age.

scientific article published on March 2014

Erratum to: Genetic and Environmental Contributions to the Relationships Between Brain Structure and Average Lifetime Cigarette Use.

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Evidence of overlapping genetic diathesis of panic attacks and gastrointestinal disorders in a sample of male twin pairs

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Facets of Subjective Health From Early Adulthood to Old Age.

scientific article published on 31 January 2016

Gender Differences in Marital Status Moderation of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Subjective Health

scientific article published on 14 October 2015

Gene-environment interaction of ApoE genotype and combat exposure on PTSD

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Genes determine stability and the environment determines change in cognitive ability during 35 years of adulthood

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Genes, environment, and time: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA).

scientific article published on December 2006

Genetic Determinants of Cortical Structure (Thickness, Surface Area and Volumes) among Disease Free Adults in the CHARGE Consortium

article published in 2018

Genetic and Environmental Architecture of Executive Functions in Midlife

scientific article published on 31 August 2017

Genetic and Environmental Associations Among Executive Functions, Trait Anxiety, and Depression Symptoms in Middle Age

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Genetic and Environmental Influences of General Cognitive Ability: Is g a valid latent construct?

scientific article published on January 2014

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Individual Differences in Frequency of Play with Pets among Middle-Aged Men: A Behavioral Genetic Analysis

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Genetic and environmental architecture of changes in episodic memory from middle to late middle age

scientific article published on 4 May 2015

Genetic and environmental contributions to regional cortical surface area in humans: a magnetic resonance imaging twin study

scientific article published on 4 March 2011

Genetic and environmental contributions to the relationships between brain structure and average lifetime cigarette use.

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Genetic and environmental effects on diurnal dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate concentrations in middle-aged men.

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Genetic and environmental influences of daily and intra-individual variation in testosterone levels in middle-aged men

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Genetic and environmental influences of white and gray matter signal contrast: a new phenotype for imaging genetics?

scientific article published on 8 February 2012

Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994.

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Genetic and environmental influences on cortical mean diffusivity

scientific article published on 15 November 2016

Genetic and environmental influences on cortisol regulation across days and contexts in middle-aged men

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Genetic and environmental influences on human height from infancy through adulthood at different levels of parental education

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Genetic and environmental influences on mean diffusivity and volume in subcortical brain regions

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Genetic and environmental influences on sleep quality in middle-aged men: a twin study

scientific article published on 20 March 2013

Genetic and environmental influences on the size of specific brain regions in midlife: the VETSA MRI study

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Genetic and environmental multidimensionality of well- and ill-being in middle aged twin men

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Genetic and environmental variation in educational attainment: an individual-based analysis of 28 twin cohorts

scientific article published on 29 July 2020

Genetic architecture of context processing in late middle age: more than one underlying mechanism

scientific article published on 29 August 2011

Genetic architecture of learning and delayed recall: a twin study of episodic memory

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Genetic architecture of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System Trail Making Test: evidence for distinct genetic influences on executive function

scientific article published on 26 December 2011

Genetic complexity of episodic memory: a twin approach to studies of aging

scientific article published on June 2014

Genetic correlations and genome-wide associations of cortical structure in general population samples of 22,824 adults

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

Genetic influence on contrast sensitivity in middle-aged male twins

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Genetic influences on cortical regionalization in the human brain

scientific article published on November 2011

Genetic influences on hippocampal volume differ as a function of testosterone level in middle-aged men

scientific article published on October 2011

Genetic influences on individual differences in longitudinal changes in global and subcortical brain volumes: Results of the ENIGMA plasticity working group

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Genetic network properties of the human cortex based on regional thickness and surface area measures

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Genetic patterns of correlation among subcortical volumes in humans: results from a magnetic resonance imaging twin study

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Genetic topography of brain morphology

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Genetic vulnerability and phenotypic expression of depression and risk for ischemic heart disease in the Vietnam era twin study of aging

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Genetics of body mass stability and risk for chronic disease: a 28-year longitudinal study

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Genetics of brain structure: contributions from the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging

scientific article published on October 2013

Genome-wide analyses for personality traits identify six genomic loci and show correlations with psychiatric disorders

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

G×E Interaction Influences Trajectories of Hand Grip Strength

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Heritability of brain ventricle volume: converging evidence from inconsistent results

scientific article published on 3 April 2010

Heritability of white matter microstructure in late middle age: A twin study of tract-based fractional anisotropy and absolute diffusivity indices

scientific article published on 29 December 2016

Heritable influences on amygdala and orbitofrontal cortex contribute to genetic variation in core dimensions of personality.

scientific article published on 28 September 2014

Hierarchical genetic organization of human cortical surface area

scientific article published on March 2012

Hippocampal atrophy varies by neuropsychologically defined MCI among men in their 50s

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Hypertension-related alterations in white matter microstructure detectable in middle age.

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

IGEMS: the consortium on Interplay of Genes and Environment across Multiple Studies

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

Imputing observed blood pressure for antihypertensive treatment: impact on population and genetic analyses

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Individual differences in cognitive ability at age 20 predict pulmonary function 35 years later

scientific article published on October 2014

Influence of patients' requests for direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants: a randomized controlled trial

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Interaction between Alcohol Consumption and Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) Genotype with Cognition in Middle-Aged Men

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Interaction of APOE genotype and testosterone on episodic memory in middle-aged men.

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International meta-analysis of PTSD genome-wide association studies identifies sex- and ancestry-specific genetic risk loci

scientific article published on 08 October 2019

Is bigger always better? The importance of cortical configuration with respect to cognitive ability

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Largest genome-wide association study for PTSD identifies genetic risk loci in European and African ancestries and implicates novel biological pathways

article published in 2018

Longitudinal Twin Study of Subjective Health: Differences in Genetic and Environmental Components of Variance Across Age and Sex.

scientific article published on 24 March 2018

Mediators of the Effect of Childhood Socioeconomic Status on Late Midlife Cognitive Abilities: A Four Decade Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Negative emotionality, depressive symptoms and cortisol diurnal rhythms: analysis of a community sample of middle-aged males

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Networked for change? Identifying obstetric opinion leaders and assessing their opinions on caesarean delivery

scientific article published in December 2003

Nonmedical influences on the use of cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia care

scientific article published in July 2007

Parental Education and Genetics of BMI from Infancy to Old Age: A Pooled Analysis of 29 Twin Cohorts

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Pathways to dementia diagnosis: evidence for cross-ethnic differences.

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Post-traumatic stress symptoms and adult attachment: a 24-year longitudinal study

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Posttraumatic concerns: a patient-centered approach to outcome assessment after traumatic physical injury.

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Posttraumatic stress symptom persistence across 24 years: association with brain structures

scientific article published on 04 March 2019

Practice constraints, behavioral problems, and dementia care: primary care physicians' perspectives

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Predicting Health-Related Quality of Life in Trauma-Exposed Male Veterans in Late Midlife: A 20 Year Longitudinal Study

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

Predictors of current functioning and functional decline in schizophrenia

scientific article published on 27 January 2017

Presence of ApoE ε4 allele associated with thinner frontal cortex in middle age.

scientific article published in January 2011

Pretrauma cognitive ability and risk for posttraumatic stress disorder: a twin study

scientific article published in March 2007

Psychopathic personality traits in middle-aged male twins: a behavior genetic investigation

scientific article published on August 2010

Pupillary Responses as a Biomarker of Early Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

scientific article published in February 2017

Salivary cortisol and prefrontal cortical thickness in middle-aged men: A twin study

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Shared and distinct genetic influences among different measures of pulmonary function

scientific article published on 9 January 2013

Steeper change in body mass across four decades predicts poorer cardiometabolic outcomes at midlife.

scientific article published on April 2017

Task-evoked pupil dilation and BOLD variance as indicators of locus coeruleus dysfunction

scientific article published on 7 October 2017

Testing associations between cannabis use and subcortical volumes in two large population-based samples.

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Testosterone modifies the effect of APOE genotype on hippocampal volume in middle-aged men.

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The CODATwins Project: The Cohort Description of Collaborative Project of Development of Anthropometrical Measures in Twins to Study Macro-Environmental Variation in Genetic and Environmental Effects on Anthropometric Traits

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The Genetic Association Between Neocortical Volume and General Cognitive Ability Is Driven by Global Surface Area Rather Than Thickness

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Untreated hypertension decreases heritability of cognition in late middle age

scientific article published on 19 June 2011

VETSA: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging

scientific article published on 30 October 2012

VETSA: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging - ADDENDUM.

scientific article published on February 2013

What drives referral from primary care physicians to mental health specialists? A randomized trial using actors portraying depressive symptoms

scientific article published in June 2006

When help becomes a hindrance: mental health referral systems as barriers to care for primary care physicians treating patients with Alzheimer's disease

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White matter disease in midlife is heritable, related to hypertension, and shares some genetic influence with systolic blood pressure

scientific article published on 06 October 2016

Zygosity Differences in Height and Body Mass Index of Twins From Infancy to Old Age: A Study of the CODATwins Project

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