Polygenic scores: prediction versus explanation

R Plomin, S Von Stumm - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
During the past decade, polygenic scores have become a fast-growing area of research in
the behavioural sciences. The ability to directly assess people's genetic propensities has …

Dimensional and transdiagnostic phenotypes in psychiatric genome-wide association studies

MA Waszczuk, KG Jonas, M Bornovalova, G Breen… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide biological insights into disease onset
and progression and have potential to produce clinically useful biomarkers. A growing body …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

DM Howard, MJ Adams, TK Clarke, JD Hafferty… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Major depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is typically associated with low
mood and anhedonia. Depression has a heritable component that has remained difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association studies of brain imaging phenotypes in UK Biobank

LT Elliott, K Sharp, F Alfaro-Almagro, S Shi, KL Miller… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The genetic architecture of brain structure and function is largely unknown. To investigate
this, we carried out genome-wide association studies of 3,144 functional and structural brain …

Integrative functional genomic analysis of human brain development and neuropsychiatric risks

M Li, G Santpere, Y Imamura Kawasawa, OV Evgrafov… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The brain is responsible for cognition, behavior, and much of what makes
us uniquely human. The development of the brain is a highly complex process, and this …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for neuroticism in 449,484 individuals identifies novel genetic loci and pathways

M Nagel, PR Jansen, S Stringer, K Watanabe… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Neuroticism is an important risk factor for psychiatric traits, including depression, anxiety,,
and schizophrenia,–. At the time of analysis, previous genome-wide association studies …

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 …

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 …

Single-cell DNA methylation and 3D genome architecture in the human brain

W Tian, J Zhou, A Bartlett, Q Zeng, H Liu, RG Castanon… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Delineating the gene-regulatory programs underlying complex cell types is fundamental for
understanding brain function in health and disease. Here, we comprehensively examined …

Common genetic variation influencing human white matter microstructure

B Zhao, T Li, Y Yang, X Wang, T Luo, Y Shan, Z Zhu… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION White matter in the human brain serves a critical role in organizing
distributed neural networks. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) has enabled the …