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Genome-wide association analysis identifies common variants influencing infant brain volumes.
Translational psychiatry - 1 Aug 2017
Xia K, Zhang J, Ahn M, Jha S, Crowley J J, Szatkiewicz J, Li T, Zou F, Zhu H, Hibar D, Thompson P, Sullivan P F, Styner M, Gilmore J H, Knickmeyer R C
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of adolescents and adults are transforming our understanding of how genetic variants impact brain structure and psychiatric risk, but cannot address the reality that psychiatric disorders are unfolding developmental processes with origins in fetal life. To investigate how genetic variation impacts prenatal brain development, we conducted a GWAS of global brain tissue volumes...
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