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

E Hofer, GV Roshchupkin, HHH Adams, MJ Knol… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cortical thickness, surface area and volumes vary with age and cognitive function, and in
neurological and psychiatric diseases. Here we report heritability, genetic correlations and …

Genome-wide association analysis of 19,629 individuals identifies variants influencing regional brain volumes and refines their genetic co-architecture with cognitive …

B Zhao, T Luo, T Li, Y Li, J Zhang, Y Shan, X Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Volumetric variations of the human brain are heritable and are associated with many brain-
related complex traits. Here we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 101 …

Mapping the genetic architecture of cortical morphology through neuroimaging: progress and perspectives

D van der Meer, T Kaufmann - Translational Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Cortical morphology is a key determinant of cognitive ability and mental health. Its
development is a highly intricate process spanning decades, involving the coordinated …

Quantifying the polygenic architecture of the human cerebral cortex: Extensive genetic overlap between cortical thickness and surface area

D van der Meer, O Frei, T Kaufmann, CH Chen… - Cerebral …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The thickness of the cerebral cortical sheet and its surface area are highly heritable traits
thought to have largely distinct polygenic architectures. Despite large-scale efforts, the …

The genetic architecture of the human cerebral cortex

KL Grasby, N Jahanshad, JN Painter, L Colodro-Conde… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The cerebral cortex underlies our complex cognitive capabilities.
Variations in human cortical surface area and thickness are associated with neurological …

Genetic complexity of cortical structure: differences in genetic and environmental factors influencing cortical surface area and thickness

LT Strike, NK Hansell, B Couvy-Duchesne… - Cerebral …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Quantifying the genetic architecture of the cerebral cortex is necessary for understanding
disease and changes to the brain across the lifespan. Prior work shows that both surface …

Genetic map of regional sulcal morphology in the human brain from UK biobank data

BB Sun, SJ Loomis, F Pizzagalli, N Shatokhina… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic associations with macroscopic brain structure can provide insights into brain
function and disease. However, specific associations with measures of local brain folding …

Cell-specific gene-expression profiles and cortical thickness in the human brain

J Shin, L French, T Xu, G Leonard, M Perron… - Cerebral …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Neurobiological underpinnings of cortical thickness in the human brain are largely unknown.
Here we use cell-type-specific gene markers to evaluate the contribution of 9 neural cell …

Multivariate genomic architecture of cortical thickness and surface area at multiple levels of analysis

AD Grotzinger, TT Mallard, Z Liu, J Seidlitz, T Ge… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent work in imaging genetics suggests high levels of genetic overlap within cortical
regions for cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA). We model this multivariate system …

A unified framework for association and prediction from vertex‐wise grey‐matter structure

B Couvy‐Duchesne, LT Strike, F Zhang… - Human brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The recent availability of large‐scale neuroimaging cohorts facilitates deeper
characterisation of the relationship between phenotypic and brain architecture variation in …