The emerging neurobiology of bipolar disorder

PJ Harrison, JR Geddes, EM Tunbridge - Trends in neurosciences, 2018 - cell.com
Bipolar disorder (BD) is a leading cause of global disability. Its biological basis is unknown,
and its treatment unsatisfactory. Here, we review two recent areas of progress. First, the …

A hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology can transform mental health research

CC Conway, MK Forbes, KT Forbush… - Perspectives on …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
For more than a century, research on psychopathology has focused on categorical
diagnoses. Although this work has produced major discoveries, growing evidence points to …

Rare coding variant analysis for human diseases across biobanks and ancestries

SJ Jurgens, X Wang, SH Choi, LC Weng, S Koyama… - Nature Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Large-scale sequencing has enabled unparalleled opportunities to investigate the role of
rare coding variation in human phenotypic variability. Here, we present a pan-ancestry …

Genome-wide meta-analysis, functional genomics and integrative analyses implicate new risk genes and therapeutic targets for anxiety disorders

W Li, R Chen, L Feng, X Dang, J Liu, T Chen… - Nature Human …, 2024 - nature.com
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental disorders. However, the genetic etiology of
anxiety disorders remains largely unknown. Here we conducted a genome-wide meta …

Redefining phenotypes to advance psychiatric genetics: Implications from hierarchical taxonomy of psychopathology.

MA Waszczuk, NR Eaton, RF Krueger… - Journal of abnormal …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Genetic discovery in psychiatry and clinical psychology is hindered by suboptimal
phenotypic definitions. We argue that the hierarchical, dimensional, and data-driven …

Identification of novel genome-wide associations for suicidality in UK Biobank, genetic correlation with psychiatric disorders and polygenic association with completed …

RJ Strawbridge, J Ward, A Ferguson, N Graham… - …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Suicide is a major issue for global public health. Suicidality describes a broad
spectrum of thoughts and behaviours, some of which are common in the general population …

Genome-wide interaction study with major depression identifies novel variants associated with cognitive function

A Thalamuthu, NT Mills, K Berger, H Minnerup… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) often is associated with significant cognitive
dysfunction. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide interaction of MDD and …

Shared genetic liability and causal associations between major depressive disorder and cardiovascular diseases

F Zhang, H Cao, A Baranova - Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is phenotypically associated with cardiovascular diseases
(CVD). We aim to investigate mechanisms underlying relationships between MDD and CVD …

The Netrin-1/DCC guidance system: dopamine pathway maturation and psychiatric disorders emerging in adolescence

DE Vosberg, M Leyton, C Flores - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Axon guidance molecules direct growing axons toward their targets, assembling the intricate
wiring of the nervous system. One of these molecules, Netrin-1, and its receptor, DCC …

Genome-wide analysis identifies impaired axonogenesis in chronic overlapping pain conditions

S Khoury, M Parisien, SJ Thompson… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Chronic pain is often present at more than one anatomical location, leading to chronic
overlapping pain conditions. Whether chronic overlapping pain conditions represent a …