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Common variants at 1p36 are associated with superior frontal gyrus volume.
Translational psychiatry - 21 Oct 2014
Hashimoto R, Ikeda M, Yamashita F, Ohi K, Yamamori H, Yasuda Y, Fujimoto M, Fukunaga M, Nemoto K, Takahashi T, Tochigi M, Onitsuka T, Yamasue H, Matsuo K, Iidaka T, Iwata N, Suzuki M, Takeda M, Kasai K, Ozaki N
Abstract excerpt
The superior frontal gyrus (SFG), an area of the brain frequently found to have reduced gray matter in patients with schizophrenia, is involved in self-awareness and emotion, which are impaired in schizophrenia. However, no genome-wide association studies of SFG volume have investigated in patients with schizophrenia. To identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with SFG volumes, we demonstrated...
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