[PDF][PDF] Screening human embryos for polygenic traits has limited utility

E Karavani, O Zuk, D Zeevi, N Barzilai, NC Stefanis… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
The increasing proportion of variance in human complex traits explained by polygenic
scores, along with progress in preimplantation genetic diagnosis, suggests the possibility of …

A microRNA signature that correlates with cognition and is a target against cognitive decline

MR Islam, L Kaurani, T Berulava… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
While some individuals age without pathological memory impairments, others develop age‐
associated cognitive diseases. Since changes in cognitive function develop slowly over time …

[PDF][PDF] Pleiotropic meta-analysis of cognition, education, and schizophrenia differentiates roles of early neurodevelopmental and adult synaptic pathways

M Lam, WD Hill, JW Trampush, J Yu, E Knowles… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - cell.com
Susceptibility to schizophrenia is inversely correlated with general cognitive ability at both
the phenotypic and the genetic level. Paradoxically, a modest but consistent positive genetic …

Integrative analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel loci associated with neuropsychiatric disorders

X Yao, JT Glessner, J Li, X Qi, X Hou, C Zhu… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Neuropsychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia (SCZ), bipolar disorder (BIP), and major …

Genome-wide association studies of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a diverse cohort of US veterans

TB Bigdeli, AH Fanous, Y Li, N Rajeevan… - Schizophrenia …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BIP) are debilitating
neuropsychiatric disorders, collectively affecting 2% of the world's population. Recognizing …

Transcriptome-wide association analysis of brain structures yields insights into pleiotropy with complex neuropsychiatric traits

B Zhao, Y Shan, Y Yang, Z Yu, T Li, X Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Structural variations of the human brain are heritable and highly polygenic traits, with
hundreds of associated genes identified in recent genome-wide association studies …

Effect of sleep and mood on academic performance—at interface of physiology, psychology, and education

KJ Mehta - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Academic achievement and cognitive functions are influenced by sleep and mood/emotion.
In addition, several other factors affect learning. A coherent overview of the resultant …

Cognitive ability and education: How behavioural genetic research has advanced our knowledge and understanding of their association

M Malanchini, K Rimfeld, AG Allegrini, SJ Ritchie… - Neuroscience & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cognitive ability and educational success predict positive outcomes across the lifespan,
from higher earnings to better health and longevity. The shared positive outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association study of Alzheimer's disease brain imaging biomarkers and neuropsychological phenotypes in the European medical information …

J Homann, T Osburg, O Ohlei, V Dobricic… - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent neurodegenerative disease with an
increasing prevalence in industrialized, ageing populations. AD susceptibility has an …

Convergence and divergence of rare genetic disorders on brain phenotypes: a review

A Raznahan, H Won, DC Glahn… - JAMA psychiatry, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Rare genetic disorders modulating gene expression—as exemplified by gene
dosage disorders (GDDs)—represent a collectively common set of high-risk factors for …