ADHD and depression: investigating a causal explanation

L Riglin, B Leppert, C Dardani, AK Thapar… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAttention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with later
depression and there is considerable genetic overlap between them. This study investigated …

A genome-wide association study of shared risk across psychiatric disorders implicates gene regulation during fetal neurodevelopment

AJ Schork, H Won, V Appadurai, R Nudel… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
There is mounting evidence that seemingly diverse psychiatric disorders share genetic
etiology, but the biological substrates mediating this overlap are not well characterized. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study reveals new insights into the heritability and genetic correlates of developmental dyslexia

A Gialluisi, TFM Andlauer, N Mirza-Schreiber… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a learning disorder affecting the ability to read, with a
heritability of 40–60%. A notable part of this heritability remains unexplained, and large …

Shared heritability of human face and brain shape

S Naqvi, Y Sleyp, H Hoskens, K Indencleef… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Evidence from model organisms and clinical genetics suggests coordination between the
developing brain and face, but the role of this link in common genetic variation remains …

Early environmental risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders–a systematic review of twin and sibling studies

T Carlsson, F Molander, MJ Taylor… - Development and …, 2021 - cambridge.org
While neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are highly heritable, several environmental
risk factors have also been suggested. However, the role of familial confounding is unclear …

Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain

A Abdellaoui, D Hugh-Jones, L Yengo… - Nature human …, 2019 - nature.com
Human DNA polymorphisms vary across geographic regions, with the most commonly
observed variation reflecting distant ancestry differences. Here we investigate the …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic control of expression and splicing in developing human brain informs disease mechanisms

RL Walker, G Ramaswami, C Hartl, N Mancuso… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Tissue-specific regulatory regions harbor substantial genetic risk for disease. Because brain
development is a critical epoch for neuropsychiatric disease susceptibility, we characterized …

Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals

CL Satizabal, HHH Adams, DP Hibar, CC White… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Subcortical brain structures are integral to motion, consciousness, emotions and learning.
We identified common genetic variation related to the volumes of the nucleus accumbens …

[HTML][HTML] Structural network alterations in focal and generalized epilepsy assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study follow axes of epilepsy risk gene expression

S Larivière, J Royer, R Rodríguez-Cruces… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Epilepsy is associated with genetic risk factors and cortico-subcortical network alterations,
but associations between neurobiological mechanisms and macroscale connectomics …

Polygenic enrichment distinguishes disease associations of individual cells in single-cell RNA-seq data

MJ Zhang, K Hou, KK Dey, S Sakaue, KA Jagadeesh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides unique insights into the pathology and
cellular origin of disease. We introduce single-cell disease relevance score (scDRS), an …