White matter abnormalities across the lifespan of schizophrenia: a harmonized multi-site diffusion MRI study

S Cetin-Karayumak, MA Di Biase, N Chunga… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Several prominent theories of schizophrenia suggest that structural white matter pathologies
may follow a developmental, maturational, and/or degenerative process. However, a lack of …

Functional network connectivity impairments and core cognitive deficits in schizophrenia

BM Adhikari, LE Hong, H Sampath… - Human brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cognitive deficits contribute to functional disability in patients with schizophrenia and may
be related to altered functional networks that serve cognition. We evaluated the integrity of …

Abnormal hippocampal structure and function in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and unaffected siblings

L Caciagli, B Wandschneider, F Xiao, C Vollmar… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is the most common genetic generalized epilepsy syndrome,
characterized by a complex polygenetic aetiology. Structural and functional MRI studies …

Polygenic risk score increases schizophrenia liability through cognition-relevant pathways

T Toulopoulou, X Zhang, S Cherny, D Dickinson… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive deficit is thought to represent, at least in part, genetic mechanisms of risk for
schizophrenia, with recent evidence from statistical modelling of twin data suggesting direct …

PET neuroimaging reveals histone deacetylase dysregulation in schizophrenia

TM Gilbert, NR Zürcher, CJ Wu… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND. Patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) experience chronic cognitive deficits.
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are enzymes that regulate cognitive circuitry; however, the …

Baseline cortical thickness reductions in clinical high risk for psychosis: brain regions associated with conversion to psychosis versus non-conversion as assessed at …

EC Del Re, WS Stone, S Bouix, J Seitz… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective To assess cortical thickness (CT) and surface area (SA) of frontal, temporal, and
parietal brain regions in a large clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) sample, and to identify …

Genetic copy number variants, cognition and psychosis: a meta-analysis and a family study

JH Thygesen, A Presman, J Harju-Seppänen… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The burden of large and rare copy number genetic variants (CNVs) as well as certain
specific CNVs increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. Several cognitive measures …

Motor hyperactivation during cognitive tasks: An endophenotype of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

L Caciagli, B Wandschneider, M Centeno… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is the most common genetic generalized
epilepsy syndrome. Myoclonus may relate to motor system hyperexcitability and can be …

Race modifies default mode connectivity in Alzheimer's disease

MB Misiura, JC Howell, J Wu, D Qiu, MW Parker… - Translational …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Older African Americans are more likely to develop Alzheimer's
disease (AD) than older Caucasians, and this difference cannot be readily explained by …

Cognitive genomics: recent advances and current challenges

J Fitzgerald, DW Morris, G Donohoe - Current Psychiatry Reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We review recent progress in uncovering the complex genetic
architecture of cognition, arising primarily from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) …